Amazon.com In this international bestseller, Peter Høeg successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Her childhood in Greenland gives her an appreciation for the complex structures of snow, and when she notices that the boy's footprints show he ran to his death, she decides to find out who was chasing him. As she attempts to solve the mystery, she uncovers a series of conspiracies and cover-ups and quickly realizes that she can trust nobody. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Copenhagen to an icebound island off the coast of Greenland. What she finds there has implications far beyond the death of a single child. The unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years. From Publishers Weekly The title of this quiet, absorbing suspense novel by a Danish author only suggests the intriguing story it tells. After young Isaiah Christiansen falls from a snow-covered roof in present-day Copenhagen, something about his lone rooftop tracks--and the fact that the boy had a fear of heights--obsesses Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen, a woman who had befriended him. Smilla is 37, unmarried, and, like Isaiah, part of Denmark's small Eskimo/Greenlander community. She is also a minor Danish authority on the properties and classification of ice. Her search for what had frightened the boy leads her to uncover information about his father's mysterious death on a secret expedition to Greenland, a mission funded by a powerful Danish corporation involved in a strange conspiracy stretching back to WW II. As related in Smilla's sober, no-nonsense narration, the plot acquires credibility even as its details become more bizarre. While the novel will probably be compared to Gorky Park , Hoeg has much more to offer, both in terms of his impeccable literary style and in the glimpses he provides of an utterly foreign culture. Its chief virtue, however, is the narrator: Smilla is never less than believable in her contradictions--caustic, caring, thoughtful, impulsive, determined and above all, rebellious. Smoothly translated by Nunnally, this is Hoeg's third novel, but the first to appear in English. A dark, taut, compelling story, it's a real find. 40,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; BOMC selection. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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说实话,我最初被这本书吸引,是因为它独特的女性视角,以及那种北欧特有的、近乎哲学层面的思考。主角处理问题的方式,那种冷静到近乎疏离的姿态,与她内心深处强烈的正义感形成了鲜明的对比。这本书的厉害之处在于,它将一个看似简单的失踪或死亡事件,提升到了探讨社会结构、种族偏见以及个体在巨大集体机器面前如何保持自我独立性的高度。作者对人性的刻画入木三分,无论是那些表面光鲜的精英阶层,还是那些被边缘化的人群,他们的动机和挣扎都被描绘得无比真实可信。读到某些情节时,我甚至感到一种强烈的代入感,仿佛我正在努力分辨,究竟什么是事实,什么是基于偏见构建的“真相”。这本书的魅力就在于,它拒绝提供简单的答案,而是强迫读者去质疑一切,去直面那些令人不安的灰色地带。它像一把锋利的冰锥,直插人心,让你在寒冷中思考什么是真正的“感知”和“责任”。
评分这本书给我带来的最深刻感受,是一种强烈的“疏离美学”。主角与周围环境,乃至与她自己内心深处的疏离感,构筑了全书的情感基调。她像一个局外人,冷眼旁观着人类社会的荒谬与脆弱。这种疏离感并非冷漠,而是一种在极度敏感后自我保护的机制。书中对“家”的概念也进行了深刻的探讨,家不再是温暖的港湾,而是一个充满谎言和危险的场所。作者巧妙地运用了对比——极端的寒冷与人性中潜在的炙热(无论是爱还是仇恨)——来增强戏剧冲突。我发现自己不止一次地去查阅书中所提及的地理位置和文化背景,因为作者笔下的每一个场景都充满了异域的质感,让人仿佛能嗅到海水的咸味和港口城市的湿冷。这种沉浸感极强,甚至让人在合上书本后,仍然需要一段时间才能完全抽离出那种冰冷的现实。它成功地将一个犯罪故事,打磨成了一件艺术品。
评分我得承认,这本书的结构非常精妙,充满了非线性的叙事手法,这对于一些追求直线性阅读体验的读者来说,可能会构成一定的挑战。但是,一旦你适应了这种跳跃式的时空转换,你会发现这正是作者构建其复杂世界观的必要手段。那些关于童年记忆的碎片、关于专业知识的穿插讲解,看似分散,实则像蜘蛛网上的每一个节点,最终都汇集到了那个核心的谜团之上。我特别欣赏作者在处理技术细节时的严谨性,这让整个推理过程显得既专业又可信,而不是依靠巧合推动剧情。每一次主角的推断,都有坚实的逻辑基础支撑,即便最终的揭示令人震惊,回溯整个过程,也会让人感叹作者布局之深远。这本书更像是一部精心编排的交响乐,不同的声部(线索、人物、环境)在不同的时间点进入,最终奏响一个震撼的高潮。阅读体验是层次丰富且充满智力挑战的,绝不是那种读完就忘的作品。
评分这本书的氛围营造得真是太绝了!读完之后,那种冰雪覆盖下的静谧与压抑感久久不能散去,仿佛我本人也置身于那个寒冷、危机四伏的哥本哈根。作者对于环境的描写细致入微,不仅仅是视觉上的白茫茫一片,更能让人感受到那种刺骨的寒意和空气中凝固的湿气。每一片雪花落下,都仿佛带着某种暗示或重量。故事的主角,一个对冰雪有着超乎常人理解能力的女性,她的内心世界同样像那片雪地一样复杂而难以捉摸。她观察世界的方式,那种敏锐到近乎偏执的洞察力,让整个叙事充满了张力。你会忍不住跟着她一起去探寻那些被冰雪掩盖的真相,那些隐藏在日常表象之下的黑暗秘密。这本书的节奏感把握得非常好,并非那种快节奏的追逐戏码,而是像冰层缓慢而坚定地裂开,每一步都充满着宿命感。阅读过程中,我常常需要停下来,深吸一口气,整理一下思绪,因为信息的密度非常高,每一个细节都可能成为解开谜团的关键。这绝对不是一本可以轻松略读的书,它需要你全身心的投入,去感受那种冷峻的美学和深藏的悲剧性。
评分从文学性的角度来看,这本书的语言功力实在令人惊叹。那些句子,很多时候读起来就像诗歌,精准、凝练,却又蕴含着巨大的情感能量。它没有过多的华丽辞藻,但每一个动词和形容词的选择都像是经过千锤百炼,恰到好处地烘托了那种压抑、宿命般的气氛。这种克制的美感,与故事中暴露的人性之丑形成了强烈的反差,反而使后者更具冲击力。我尤其喜欢作者对沉默的描绘,那种无声的对峙,往往比激烈的争吵更有力量。它教会了我如何去“倾听雪落下的声音”,去理解那些没有说出口的真相。这本书无疑是那种需要细细品味的佳作,它奖励那些愿意付出时间和精力的读者,让他们得以窥见一个复杂、美丽却又残酷的世界的真实面貌。它不仅仅是关于解谜,更是关于理解人类在面对未知和不公时,如何挣扎着保持那份微弱而珍贵的人性火花。
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