tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649755626019320753.post435232774828945298..comments2023-12-29T10:14:58.400-05:00Comments on Lisa's Other Bookshelf: Hello, Welcome, Review Policies, and DisclosuresLisa C. Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649755626019320753.post-84396790439086844912010-11-15T08:29:10.160-05:002010-11-15T08:29:10.160-05:00Thanks, Cat! I read and enjoyed Smilla not too lon...Thanks, Cat! I read and enjoyed <i>Smilla</i> not too long after the book came out but couldn't get through <i>The Quiet Girl</i>, though I thought the ideas behind it were intriguing.Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649755626019320753.post-16768085676502998592010-11-15T06:23:26.557-05:002010-11-15T06:23:26.557-05:00I just found this blog via your Russian literature...I just found this blog via your Russian literature blog, and since you ask for book suggestions I wondered whether you might enjoy (or have already read and have an opinion on) Peter Hoeg's novels - particularly his recent The Quiet Girl and the not-quite-so-recent Smilla's Sense of Snow. They are both detective stories in a way, and are translated from Danish so may fit your criteria. There have been critiques published about the translation of Smilla from Danish to American and British English, I recall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com