Peter Hoeg
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English
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“A delightful novel” and international bestseller from the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow (Guardian)
Danish siblings search for their missing parents—eccentric ‘miracle-makers’—in this whimsical tale about faith and the magic of everyday life.
Told from the precocious perspective of 14-year-old Peter, The Elephant Keepers’ Children is about 3 siblings...
Danish siblings search for their missing parents—eccentric ‘miracle-makers’—in this whimsical tale about faith and the magic of everyday life.
Told from the precocious perspective of 14-year-old Peter, The Elephant Keepers’ Children is about 3 siblings...
Author
Language
English
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-A thriller that has stunned readers on both sides of the Atlantic. With elegant prose, an extraordinarily realized heroine, and clever plotting, this is by no means an ordinary suspense story. Isaiah, the son of one of Smilla Jasperson's neighbors, is found face-down in the snow outside her Copenhagen apartment building, leaving the usually stoical Smilla disturbed. She quickly rejects the official verdict of accidental death when she observes the...