Smilla's Sense of Snow (Paperback, -20th Anniversary ed.)

A "Time" Best Book of the Year - An "Entertainment Weekly" Best Book of the Year - A "People" Best Book of the Year - Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award - A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel - "Seductive... a superbly constructed thriller."---"People" - "Splendid entertainment...The suspense novel as exploration of the heart."---"The New York Times Book Review" - "Astonishing... Like John le Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance."---"Los Angeles Times" - "A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale."---Jane Smiley, "The Washington Post Book World "- "A book of considerable intelligence...Demands to be read aloud and savored."---"The New Yorker" - "Wonderful...A thriller like no other."---"Newsweek" - "Enchanting."---"Chicago Tribune "- "Beautifully written and beautifully translated."---"The Seattle Times "- "The best thriller] I've read in years."---"The New Republic "- "Peter Hoeg has shown himself to be a writer of real stature."---"The Times" (London) - "One never wants to stop reading."---" Orlando Sentinel"First published in 1992, "Smilla's Sense of Snow "instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor---a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend---has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, "Smilla's Sense of""Snow "is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.