Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg is a gripping and atmospheric novel that blends mystery, psychological depth, and a profound exploration of the complex relationship between a woman and the icy landscape she inhabits.
One winter evening, a six-year-old boy falls to his death from the rooftop of an apartment building in Copenhagen. The police rule it an accident, but Smilla Jaspersen, a sharp-witted, independent Greenlander with an uncanny ability to read snow, knows better. She was close to the boy and senses something sinister in the footprints he left behind. As her relentless investigation unfolds, Smilla’s search for the truth takes her from Denmark’s urban streets to the frozen expanse of the Arctic ice cap, uncovering secrets more chilling than the ice itself.
