The Quiet Girl Author:Peter Hoeg, Nadia Christensen (Translator) 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... more » 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 the author's Smilla's Sense of Snow.« less
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The same author of SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW - though a little flow is lost when translated to English, I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it was very captivating.