The quiet girl / Peter Høeg ; translated from the Danish by Nadia Christensen.
Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centers around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johan 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 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 about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards. The result is a fast-paced, philosophical thriller blending social realism with the literary fantastic and pitting art and spirituality against corporate interests and nothing less than the will to war by the industrialized world.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374263690
- ISBN: 0374263698
- Physical Description: 408 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st American edition
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 2006 by Rosinante, Denmark"--T.p. verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Missing persons > Fiction. Denmark > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- 29 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 29 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC HOE (Text) | 37810434640370 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F HOEG (Text) | 39493106141031 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101235818 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F HOE (Text) | 0020507458063 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | Fic (Text) | 31554008502626 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fairview Library | F HOE (Text) | 0020507458055 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | HOE (Text) | 33258006064823 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | FIC HOE (Text) | 31420621132060 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | F Hoe (Text) | 33630003677627 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Høeg (Text) | 33115006445685 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
