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Jenny Offill

Anthony Doerr

Salman Rushdie

John Lanchester

Ali Smith

Kazuo Ishiguro

Tayari Jones

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Jane Gardam

Ian McEwan

Jacqueline Woodson

Yann Martel

Colm Toibin

Louis de Bernières

David Baddiel

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Was der Roman Durch deine Augen von Hoeg mit mir macht.

Durch deine Augen, Peter Hoeg

Peter Hoeg hat eine Menge Romane geschrieben. "Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Dunkels" erschien vor zwanzig Jahren. Er passt immer noch in die Zeit.

Peter Hoeg hat eine Menge Romane geschrieben. "Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Dunkels" erschien vor zwanzig Jahren. Er passt immer noch in die Zeit.

Das perfekte Buch: "Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Dunkels" von Peter Hoeg

Miss Smilla

Peter Høeg's internationally bestselling Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow was the original Scandi-crime thriller. First published in 1992 the novel's runaway success was due to its extraordinary central character, 37 year old Smilla Qaavigaaq Jasperson, as well as the unfamiliar backdrop of snowy Copenhagen and the icy wastes of Greenland. Smilla is half-Dane and half-Inuit; she is unmarried, childless, independent and irascible and yet she forms an unlikely friendship with her neighbour six year old Isaiah.The book opens when the young boy has fallen to his death from the roof of their apartment building; it's ruled an accident, yet Smilla, an expert on ice and snow, can tell from his footprints that he was running from someone. She begins her own investigation, forming an uneasy friendship with another neighbour, a mechanic. Smilla uncovers a trail of clues, and her sense of snow leads her into a mystery that goes back decades.Peter Høeg explains how the character of Smilla came to him in an unlikely way, as he saw a Somalian woman cross the street in Copenhagen and knew his next main character would be called Smilla. For Høeg, books are intuitive and less logical than daily life. He candidly discloses that Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow was written by a young and inexperienced novelist, and how looking back, he is dissatisfied and rather ashamed of its enigmatic ending. He says that writing a novel is like running a marathon, it's an intense experience, and by the end, the writer can lose concentration in his exhaustion. Presented by James NaughtiePresenter : James NaughtieInterviewed guest : Peter HøegProducer : Dymphna FlynnNovember's Bookclub choice : Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn (2006).

Peter Høeg's internationally bestselling Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow was the original Scandi-crime thriller. First published in 1992 the novel's runaway success was due to its extraordinary central character, 37 year old Smilla Qaavigaaq Jasperson, as well as the unfamiliar backdrop of snowy Copenhagen and the icy wastes of Greenland. Smilla is half-Dane and half-Inuit; she is unmarried, childless, independent and irascible and yet she forms an unlikely friendship with her neighbour six year old Isaiah. The book opens when the young boy has fallen to his death from the roof of their apartment building; it's ruled an accident, yet Smilla, an expert on ice and snow, can tell from his footprints that he was running from someone. She begins her own investigation, forming an uneasy friendship with another neighbour, a mechanic. Smilla uncovers a trail of clues, and her sense of snow leads her into a mystery that goes back decades. Peter Høeg explains how the character of Smilla came to him in an unlikely way, as he saw a Somalian woman cross the street in Copenhagen and knew his next main character would be called Smilla. For Høeg, books are intuitive and less logical than daily life. He candidly discloses that Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow was written by a young and inexperienced novelist, and how looking back, he is dissatisfied and rather ashamed of its enigmatic ending. He says that writing a novel is like running a marathon, it's an intense experience, and by the end, the writer can lose concentration in his exhaustion. Presented by James Naughtie Presenter : James Naughtie Interviewed guest : Peter Høeg Producer : Dymphna Flynn November's Bookclub choice : Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn (2006).

Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow