The Quiet Girl
2006.03.24
Peter Hí¸eg, the reclusive Danish author made famous by his international best-seller ‘Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow‘, is to release a new novel this spring, his first in 10-years. ‘The quiet girl’ will be published on 19 May. His last book, ‘The woman and the ape’, was published in 1996. Hí¸eg reportedly has been writing the new novel for a number of years. Rumours that a sixth Hí¸eg work was on its way began to circulate last year after a Swedish journalist tracked down Hí¸eg to a new-age commune where he had withdrawn. According to Hí¸eg’s publisher Rosinante, the new book is written in the same vein as ‘Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow’, following a middle-aged circus performer with a penchant for poker and Bach, as he tries to track down a kidnapped former student.
From the Copenhagen Post
