The Resource Smilla's sense of snow, Peter Høeg ; translated by Tiina Nunnally
Smilla's sense of snow, Peter Høeg ; translated by Tiina Nunnally
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- Summary
- "Smilla's Sense of Snow presents one of the toughest heroines in modern fiction. Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen is part Inuit, but she lives in Copenhagen. She is thirty-seven, single, childless, moody, and she refuses to fit in. Smilla's six-year-old Inuit neighbor, Isaiah, manages only with a stubbornness that matches her own to befriend her." "When Isaiah falls off a roof and is killed, Smilla doesn't believe it's an accident. She has seen his tracks in the snow, and she knows about snow. She decides to investigate and discovers that even the police don't want her to get involved. But opposition appeals to Smilla." "As all of Copenhagen settles down for a quiet Christmas, Smilla's investigation takes her from a fervently religious accountant to a tough-talking pathologist and an alcoholic shipping magnate and into the secret files of the Danish company responsible for extracting most of Greenland's mineral wealth - and finally onto a ship with an international cast of villains bound for a mysterious mission on an uninhabitable island off Greenland." "To read Smilla's Sense of Snow is to be taken on a magical, nerve-shattering journey - from the snow-covered streets of Copenhagen to the awesome beauty of the Arctic ice caps. A mystery, a love story, and an elegy for a vanishing way of life, Smilla's Sense of Snow is a breathtaking achievement, an exceptional feat of storytelling."--Jacket
- Language
-
- eng
- dan
- eng
- Extent
- 453 pages
- Note
- Maps on lining papers
- Contents
-
- The city
- The sea
- The ice
- Isbn
- 9780440218531
- Label
- Smilla's sense of snow
- Title
- Smilla's sense of snow
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Høeg ; translated by Tiina Nunnally
- Language
-
- eng
- dan
- eng
- Summary
- "Smilla's Sense of Snow presents one of the toughest heroines in modern fiction. Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen is part Inuit, but she lives in Copenhagen. She is thirty-seven, single, childless, moody, and she refuses to fit in. Smilla's six-year-old Inuit neighbor, Isaiah, manages only with a stubbornness that matches her own to befriend her." "When Isaiah falls off a roof and is killed, Smilla doesn't believe it's an accident. She has seen his tracks in the snow, and she knows about snow. She decides to investigate and discovers that even the police don't want her to get involved. But opposition appeals to Smilla." "As all of Copenhagen settles down for a quiet Christmas, Smilla's investigation takes her from a fervently religious accountant to a tough-talking pathologist and an alcoholic shipping magnate and into the secret files of the Danish company responsible for extracting most of Greenland's mineral wealth - and finally onto a ship with an international cast of villains bound for a mysterious mission on an uninhabitable island off Greenland." "To read Smilla's Sense of Snow is to be taken on a magical, nerve-shattering journey - from the snow-covered streets of Copenhagen to the awesome beauty of the Arctic ice caps. A mystery, a love story, and an elegy for a vanishing way of life, Smilla's Sense of Snow is a breathtaking achievement, an exceptional feat of storytelling."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Høeg, Peter
- Dewey number
- 839.8/1374
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PT8176.18.O335
- LC item number
- F7613 1993
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Nunnally, Tiina
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Women detectives
- Inuit
- Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Label
- Smilla's sense of snow, Peter Høeg ; translated by Tiina Nunnally
- Note
- Maps on lining papers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The city -- The sea -- The ice
- Control code
- ocm28065407
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 453 pages
- Isbn
- 9780440218531
- Lccn
- 93017742
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)28065407
- Label
- Smilla's sense of snow, Peter Høeg ; translated by Tiina Nunnally
- Note
- Maps on lining papers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The city -- The sea -- The ice
- Control code
- ocm28065407
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 453 pages
- Isbn
- 9780440218531
- Lccn
- 93017742
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)28065407
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