Fraulein Smillas Gespur Fur Schnee is an astoundingly demanding book in that it will sit in the background of your thoughts when you are not reading and block out the rest of the world when you are.
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (its English title) is a woman's journey through both a maze of clues and across an ocean in search of the truth behind the death of her friend.
Smilla is the reluctant but resourceful heroine in a story set in a wintry Denmark. Wrap up warm when reading it in winter or use it to cool down in summer, for the story will leave you chilled.
From the start the reader can both enjoy piecing together the fragments of information unearthed by Smilla whilst enjoying her remarkable understanding and manipulation of those people she meets and uses along the way. You won't be able to read it fast enough.
A stunning book written by a young man about a middle-aged woman that will appeal to all.