Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
ISBN: 9781860461675
Publication Date: 1 November 2012

A beautifully packaged reissue of this classic Scandinavian crime novel, to celebrate 21 years since its first UK publication

One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop.The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, an expert in the ways of snow and ice, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow.

21 years after its first UK publication, Vintage are reissuing this classic Scandinavian crime novel for a whole new audience.

About the Author

Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History Of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called 'the foremost writer of his generation' by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow received international acclaim and was an international bestseller.