Hoeg's heroine, Smilla Jaspersen, is the daughter of an Eskimo mother who was a nomadic native of Greenland and a wealthy Danish anesthesiologistįather, parentage that endows her with the resilience of the frozen north and urban civilization's existential malaise. With "Smilla's Sense of Snow," his American debut following two previous books, the Danish novelist Peter Hoeg finds his own uncommon vein in narrative territory worked by writers as variedĪs Martin Cruz Smith and Graham Greene - the suspense novel as exploration of the heart. Miss not only a splendid entertainment but also an odd and seductive meditation on the human condition.
How would you like to be locked in a room for a couple of days with an irritable, depressed malcontent who also happens to be imperiously smart, bored and more than a little spoiled? Say no, and you will TRY this for an offer you could easily refuse. September 26, 1993, Sunday, Late Edition - Final Irritable, Depressed, Spoiled and Terrific The New York Times: Book Review Search Article
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