Peter Høeg
Autor(a) de Smilla's Sense of Snow
About the Author
Peter Hoeg, is a writer. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1957. Hoeg's first book, The History of Danish Dreams, was published in 1988. Another book, Smilla's Sense of Snow, received the Glass Key Award from the Crime Writers of Scandinavia in 1992. The book was made into a film in 1997 mostrar mais starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Bryne, and Vanessa Redgrave. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Peter Hoeg, credit Ulla Montan
Obras por Peter Høeg
Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne Bind 1 8 exemplares
Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne Bind 2 3 exemplares
Reis naar een donker hart 2 exemplares
Det er ikke bare Rushdie 1 exemplar
Forestilling om det tyvende r̄hundrede 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contribuidor — 345 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Høeg, Peter
- Data de nascimento
- 1957-05-17
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Denemarken
- Local de nascimento
- Kopenhagen, Denemarken
- Locais de residência
- Kopenhagen, Denemarken
- Educação
- University of Copenhagen (MA, Literature, 1984)
- Ocupações
- bemanningslid cruises
balletdanser
bergbeklimmer
dramadocent - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Bog & Idé-prisen (1996)
Bog & Idé-prisen (1993)
De gyldne Laurbær (1994)
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Arctic novels (1)
Page Turners (1)
1990s (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Global Mysteries (1)
Mooie titels (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Europe (1)
Winter Books (1)
Nordic Crime (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 12,910
- Popularidade
- #1,812
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 279
- ISBN
- 452
- Línguas
- 27
- Marcado como favorito
- 33
What happens at the beginning is that a young boy whom she knows falls of a roof and dies. It's put down as an accident by the police, but Smilla smells a rat. The book tells the story of her pursuit of the truth. And I barely understood a single turn of the plot. I found Smilla strange and self-absorbed, but then finding an amiable character in this book is a fairly thankless task.
I gave up following the plot early on. But I persisted because I enjoyed learning about the people of Greenland and their uncomfortable relationship with the Danes. So that was wortwhile. As to whodunnit? No idea. See if you can find out… (mais)