Smilla's sense of snow
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New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, [1993].
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0374266441, 9780374266448, 0385315147, 9780385315142
Lexile measure
700L
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Published
New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, [1993].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
453 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0374266441, 9780374266448, 0385315147, 9780385315142
Lexile measure
700

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"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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Høeg, P., & Nunnally, T. (1993). Smilla's sense of snow . Farrar Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Høeg, Peter, 1957- and Tiina Nunnally. 1993. Smilla's Sense of Snow. Farrar Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Høeg, Peter, 1957- and Tiina Nunnally. Smilla's Sense of Snow Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1993.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Høeg, Peter, and Tiina Nunnally. Smilla's Sense of Snow Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1993.

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