From the author of "Smilla's Sense of Snow," an epic novel about faith and the magic of everyday life.
Told from the precocious perspective of fourteen-year-old Peter, "The Elephant Keepers' Children" is about three siblings and how they deal with life alongside their eccentric parents. Peter's father is a vicar, his mother is an artisan, and both are equally and profoundly devout. The family lives on the (fictional) island of Fino, where people of all religious faiths coexist peacefully. Yet, nothing is at it seems.
When Peter's parents suddenly go missing, Peter and his siblings fear the worst--has their parents' relentless quest to boost church attendance finally put them in danger? Told with poignancy and humor, "The Elephant Keepers' Children" is a fascinating exploration of fundamentalism versus spiritual freedom, the vicissitudes of romantic and familial love, and the triumph of the human spirit.

"A "Chicago Tribune "Favorite Book of 2007
"The internationally acclaimed bestselling author of "Smilla's Sense of Snow "returns with this "engrossing, beautifully written tale of suspense . . . captivating" ("The ""Miami Herald").

Kaspar Krone is a world-renowned circus clown, and a man in some deep trouble. Drowning in gambling debt and wanted for tax evasion, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities--abilities that Krone also shares. When one of the children goes missing, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a shocking series of discoveries along the way. "The Quiet Girl "is an exuberant philosophical thriller that is "every bit as adventuresome and ambitious as "Smilla's Sense of Snow," even more so" ("Cleveland Plain Dealer").

She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love.  She lives in a world of numbers, science and memories--a dark, exotic stranger in a strange land.  And now Smilla Jaspersen is convinced she has uncovered a shattering crime...

It happened in the Copenhagen snow.  A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building.  While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident.  But Smilla knows her young neighbor didn't fall from the roof on his own.  Soon she is following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow.  For her dead neighbor, and for herself, she must embark on a harrowing journey of lies, revelation and violence that will take her back to the world of ice and snow from which she comes, where an explosive secret waits beneath the ice....

A "Time" Best Book of the Year - An "Entertainment Weekly" Best Book of the Year - A "People" Best Book of the Year - Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award - A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel - "Seductive... a superbly constructed thriller."---"People" - "Splendid entertainment...The suspense novel as exploration of the heart."---"The New York Times Book Review" - "Astonishing... Like John le Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance."---"Los Angeles Times" - "A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale."---Jane Smiley, "The Washington Post Book World "- "A book of considerable intelligence...Demands to be read aloud and savored."---"The New Yorker" - "Wonderful...A thriller like no other."---"Newsweek" - "Enchanting."---"Chicago Tribune "- "Beautifully written and beautifully translated."---"The Seattle Times "- "The best thriller] I've read in years."---"The New Republic "- "Peter Hoeg has shown himself to be a writer of real stature."---"The Times" (London) - "One never wants to stop reading."---" Orlando Sentinel"First published in 1992, "Smilla's Sense of Snow "instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor---a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend---has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, "Smilla's Sense of""Snow "is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.

This utterly engrossing novel begins when a small boy, Isaiah Christensen falls to his death from a Copenhagen rooftop. An accident, the police say. The boy’s neighbour, Smilla Jasperson, a Greenlander living in Denmark, is a world expert on ice and snow and she realises that the boy’s footsteps in the snow show that he ran to his death. When she decides to investigate who might have been chasing him, she embarks on a harrowing journey towards the truth about crimes that go far beyond the death of one child. Travelling back to her native Greenland and its icebound shores, she unearths a terrible secret. Peter Høeg’s novel combines the gripping tensions of the best thriller with the rich characterisation and depth of literary fiction. In Smilla Jasperson, a tough-talking, determined outsider and shrewd misanthropist, Høeg has created one of the most unforgettable female characters in contemporary fiction.

"The Woman and the Ape" is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madelene is the wife of Adam Burden, a distinguished behavioral scientist. Erasmus--the unlikely prince--is a 300-pound ape. Brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping from animal smugglers, Erasmus is discovered to be a highly intelligent anthropoid ape, the closest thing yet to a human being. Madelene decides to save Erasmus, and between them blossoms a profound affection as deep as any human relationship. A fable for our time, "The Woman and the Ape" poses searching questions about the nature of love, freedom, and humanity.

Peter, Katarina y August -tres adolescentes con serios trastornos emocionales, recluidos en el Colegio Biehl- son B+fronterizosB; , es decir, seres que a los ojos de los psiquiatras se situan en esa debil linea que separa la normalidad de la incapacidad mental. Viven por eso sometidos a la observacion permanente de las autoridades del internado, y a las pruebas darwinistas constantes en las que se decide su futuro de adultos: o bien podran integrarse entre los jovenes B+normalesB; , o bien deberan confinars junto a las personas con deficiencias mentales. Pero si algo tienen en comun los tres protagonistas es su rebeldia contra el entorno: no solo quieren escapar de su condicion de conejillos de Indias, sino que estan decididos a desmontar el mecanismo de olvido y aniquilacion de la memoria en el que se les tiene atrapados. El intento desesperado de fuga de la escuela preside esta fascinante novela, que tambien habla al lector de la fuerza de los sentimientos, del peso de los recuerdos y a la vez de las sinrazones de la Razon.

You'll tell her your darkest secrets Susan Svendsen has an unusual talent. She is an expert in finding out secrets. People feel compelled to confide in her and unwittingly confess their innermost thoughts. Her whole life, she has exploited this talent, but now her family is in jeopardy and there is a prison sentence hanging over her head. Then Susan gets a timely offer from a former government official: use her power one more time and have all charges dropped. But there are some powerful people determined to stop her.

Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl 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 in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities. When one of the children goes missing a year later, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a shocking series of discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards.