Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Hoeg, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1993. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, blue paper boards. B&W map endpapers. 453 pp. Small nicks to tail edges of boards, else fine in fine jacket. A spellbinding thriller that combines the hard grittiness of Elmore Leonard with the elegance of John Le Carre. 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, this book is a breathtaking achievement, an exceptional feat of storytelling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009136
- Title
- Smilla's Sense of Snow
- Author
- Hoeg, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Canadian Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Frokken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, Peter Hoeg, Danish literature, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Mystery;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...