Peter HÃ eg

Broschiertes Buch

The Quiet Girl

Beschreibung

Centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities.

Autor

Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called 'the foremost writer of his generation' by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow received universal acclaim and was an international bestseller.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage / Vintage, London
• Originaltitel: Den stille pige
• New ed.
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780099507352
• ISBN-10: 0099507358
• Artikelnr.: 23841905