Smilla's Sense of Snow - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993.
ISBN: 0374266441
Smilla's Sense of Snow - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
A handsome US first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Translated from the Danish by Tiina Nunnally.
In this atmospheric mystery, eleven-year-old Smilla Jonsson is sent to Denmark to stay with her Norwegian relatives during the winter. As soon as she arrives, she realizes that somebody has left her a snowman in the yard. But when she approaches it, it disappears. Could the snowman have been an omen of Smilla's future? As she digs deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a chilling plot involving a mad scientist, a missing child, and a snowstorm that may be more lethal than anyone knows.
Hoeg's atmospheric mystery is full of creepiness and suspense, with a cleverly plotted mystery that will keep readers guessing until the end.; 8vo.
Price: $66.75