![]() ![]() The novel opens with Isaiah’s death, which the police believe was an accident, but Smilla is plagued with questions. She’s a bit of a loner but somehow, over the years, she’s been befriended by young Isaiah, the neglected child of an alcoholic who lives in the same building. ![]() Smilla Jasperson is a native Greenlander living in Copenhagen. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this time the fear will be put to shame and a modest 10 percent frail awareness of the possibility of love. I don’t fall in love any more. “Falling in love has been greatly overrated. It took me over a week, which isn’t a huge amount of time, but it really started to drag and I was left wondering whether it was the book or me that felt slow. ![]() Do you ever feel like it’s taking you aaaages to finish a book, even though in reality it’s only been a few days? That’s me and Miss Smilla. ![]()
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