Tento román zaistil autorovi nielen doslova svetovú slávu, ale aj nomináciu na Nobelovu cenu za literatúru. Hlavná hrdinka, pôvodom Eskimáčka, je odborníčka na ľadovce. Žije z podpory v nezamestnanosti v Dánsku a v spomienkach sa stále vracia k svojmu detstvu. Potom, čo za podivuhodných okolností zomrie jej malý kamarát a polícia prípad uzavrie ako nešťastnú náhodu, pustí sa do vyšetrovania na vlastnú päsť.
A story based on the Jewish legend about how the world is always protected by 36 people, follows the sudden deaths of dozens of humanitarians who each bear a bizarre tattoo and whose untimely ends are investigated by Copenhagen detective Niels Benzon, who would save the remaining protectors
Strange things are happening at Biehl's Academy when this elite school opens its doors to a group of orphans and reform-school rejects, kids at the end of the system's tether. The school is run by a peculiar set of rules by which every minute is regimented and controlled. Soon, they suspect they are guinea pigs in a bizarre social experiment and that their only hope of escape is to break through a dangerous threshold of time and space. Peter Høeg's "brilliant" and dystopian Borderliners is a "uniquely philosophical thriller" ( Boston Sunday Globe ) and a haunting story of childhood travail and hope.
Lonely and disillusioned, Madelene Burden is a modern-day sleeping beauty drowsing in a alcoholic stupor. And the prince whose kiss brings her to life is 300-pound ape named Erasmus, the victim of a smuggling gone awry. Enthralling readers with the same taut prose, enigmatic characters, thrilling suspense, and satirical humor that drove "Smilla" to the top of bestseller lists, Hoeg offers a daring and imaginative fable that poses searching questions about the nature of romance.