num_pages: 480
description: A stunning literary thriller in the tradition of Gorky Park and the novels of John Le Carré.Smilla Qaaviqaaq Jaspersen is the daughter of a Danish doctor and an Inuit woman from Greenland. Raised in Greenland, she lives in Copenhagen and, as befits her ancestry, is an expert on snow. When one of her few friends, an Inuit boy, dies under mysterious circumstances, she refuses to believe it was an accident.She decides to investigate and discovers that even the police don't want her involved. But Smilla persists, and as snow-covered Copenhagen settles down for a quiet Christmas, Smilla's investigation leads her from a fanatically religious accountant, to a tough-talking pathologist, to the secret files of the Danish company responsible for extracting most of Greenland's mineral wealth. Finally, she boards a ship with an international cast of villains - and a large stash of cocaine - bound for a mysterious mission on an inhospitable island off Greenland.
language: English
title: Smilla's Sense of Snow
titlecomplete: Smilla's Sense of Snow
characters: Professor Loyen, Captain Lukas, Inspector Ravn, Elsa Lubing, Smilla Jaspersen
genres: Suspense, Crime, Thriller, Scandinavian Literature, Fiction, Denmark, Contemporary, Mystery, Danish, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 48289
places: Denmark, Greenland, Copenhagen
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Glass Key Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 2. Platz International, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen
publisher: Doubleday Canada