Miss Smillas Feeling For Snow
1996 Nominated

Smillas Sense of Snow/Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow, published in America as Smilla’s Sense of Snow, is a 1992 novel by Danish author Peter Høeg tracing the investigation into the suspicious death of a Greenlandic boy in Denmark. A global bestseller.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Peter
Høeg

Born in 1957, Peter Høeg published his first novel in 1988, having followed various callings – dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer – before turning seriously to writing. His novels Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow and The Quiet Girl were published to great international acclaim.

Born in 1957, Peter Høeg published his first novel in 1988, having followed various callings – dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer – before turning seriously to writing. His novels Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow and The Quiet Girl were published to great international acclaim.

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