MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW - Translated from the Danish by Tiina Nunally. **. [UK,Uncorrected Proof copy.**]

UK,8vo ['C' format p/back],Uncorrected Proof copy. [Publication date UK,6th September,1993.] NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-removl from card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered,glossy, vertical white edged front cover with centrally positioned vertical b/w portrait photograph of the author,with a glossy black background panel above it with capitalised,white-lettered title and author name to same - all to the front cover. A reading crease-free black glossy spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with glossy black background with white-lettered strap line,synopsis,critic's review and publisher's promotional bulleted information of formats,ISBNs, prices and publication date and 'Uncorrected proof copy etc., legend.Negligble shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with a single tiniest spot to fore-edge and without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread apart from my own collation.UK,8vo ['C' format p/back],Uncorrected Proof copy,7-431pp [paginated] includes Pts I-III with sub-sections with varying chapter numbers to each; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography and a blank verso,a title page and individual Pts and sub-sections separator pages. See also my book ID rja1147724 for UK Proofs of author's first novel and its first appearance in English of 'THE HISTORY OF DANISH DREAMS.' before its trade publication/issue, and rja1147924 for another similar Proof of 'MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW.' Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30+ year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral p/back proof copy. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults associated with decades old paperbacks.With a low numbered print run in HB alone,this item is equally as scarce and uncommon,particularly as a Proof copy and also being in an exceptional grade as this. It begins with a small death,a child's death.And,but for Smilla Jaspersen,it would have ended there.But Smilla's instincts warned her that something was very wrong, just as they used to years ago on the pack-ice with her Inuit mother.It was the hurried autopsy,the inconsistencies brushed aside and questions evaded, but above all,it was those footprints in the snow. To read 'Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow' is to be taken on a magical,nerve-shattering journey - from the claustrophobic,frosted streets and half-lit alleyways of Copenhagenn in the grip of winter to the awesome beauty of the ice-caps of the Arctic North.Its also a look into the heart and soul of recent fiction's most original and irresstible creation,Peter Hoeg's stubborn,lonely,contrary and utterly believable heroine,Smilla Jespersen. Part thriller,part love story,part elegy for a vanishing way of life,it is a breathtaking achievement,an exceptional feat of storytelling. Hoeg has won the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel,an accolade shared with Henning Mankell**, Steig Larsson** and also Jo Nesbo**. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **