by Peter Høeg · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099526568
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«The Quiet Girl» is the mystery novel and philosophical thriller by Peter Høeg, published by Vintage in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Kaspar Krone, a Danish circus clown with exceptional hearing and a devotion to Bach, accumulates gambling debts and is wanted for tax evasion. An order of nuns offers him protection if he helps guard children with mystical abilities; when one of the girls disappears, Krone begins a search that leads him to discover secrets about the child's identity and the true intentions of her protectors. The novel pits art and spirituality against corporate interests and the militaristic drift of the industrialized world.
Novel by the Danish author also known for «Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow». The work was originally published in Danish as «Den stille pige» and this Vintage edition is the English translation.
Peter Høeg is a Danish writer of fiction. He is best known for his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1992).
