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The most recognized contemporary Danish writer on the international literary scene, Peter Høeg gained widespread acclaim for his second novel, Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne (1992; t...
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In the following review of Borderliners, Eder describes the novel as "more a philosophic allegory than a story" in which the most evil force is time itself.
Ostensibly, the villain of Pe...
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Sacks is an American educator and critic. In the following review of Borderliners, he praises Høeg's descriptive details but notes problems with the novel's plot and philosophical...
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In the following review of Borderliners, Shapiro, though noting the "choking" effect of the narrative voice, offers a positive assessment of Høeg's book.
Peter Hoeg has bee...
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Kakutani is a regular reviewer for The New York Times. In the following review of Borderliners, she assesses the novel as "a willfully elliptical narrative that often tries the reader's ...
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In the following review of Borderliners, Smith positively assesses the novel and finds that Høeg "writes with a sense of ambiguity that seems appropriate to the voice of the disturbed.&#...
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In the following review of Borderliners, Underwood praises Høeg's storyline but finds his discourse regarding the nature of time an encumbrance to the narrative.
When Peter Hoeg's...
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In the following review of Borderliners, Mousavizadeh discusses the figure of the outsider in Høeg's works.
"With the knife of light they would scrape the darkness clean," ...
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Morley is a British novelist, translator, and critic. In the following positive review of The History of Danish Dreams, he compares Høeg's writing to that of such writers as Milan Kunder...
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In the following review, Skow offers a mixed assessment of The History of Danish Dreams, noting that the novel contains elements of magic realism as well as satire.
One of the strong subsurface themes...
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Shepard is an American educator, novelist, and critic. In the following review of The History of Danish Dreams, he discusses Høeg's treatment of the self-deluding "dreams,"...
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In the following review, Irwin discusses the qualities of magical realism in The History of Danish Dreams, drawing comparisons to Latino-American novelists Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende.
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In the following review, Leonard explores the theme of child abuse in The History of Danish Dreams and Borderliners.
You have to work hard to find Kierkegaard in the city where he died, of fear and tr...
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In the following review, Whittaker examines Høeg's use of dream imagery and portrayal of children in The History of Danish Dreams.
Following the surprise success of his meditative thrill...
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In the following review of The History of Danish Dreams, Von Bülow compares Høeg to Hans Christian Andersen.
Students of the best-seller lists will recognise Peter Høeg as the aut...
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In the following review, Binding discusses the narrator of The History of Danish Dreams and the familial bonds that are prevalent throughout the novel.
Only on the very last page of Peter Høeg&...
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In the following review, Malin discusses time, the use of dreams, and the concept of history in The History of Danish Dreams.
I admire this intriguing novel. [The History of Danish Dreams] is a challe...
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In the following essay, Möller examines Høeg's career, focusing on how his works relate to society and how society relates back to Høeg.
The word “Pastiche” i...
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In the following review, Alessio explores the theme of colonialism in The Woman and the Ape.
To paraphrase Jane Austen, a man in possession of an ape must keep an eye on his wife. In Peter Høeg...
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In the following negative review, Fodor compares The Woman and the Ape to Will Self's Great Apes, discussing the elements of allegory and the animal imagery in each.
Archimedes thought that he ...
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In the following review, Miller focuses on the interchangeability of Madeline and Erasmus in The Woman and the Ape.
Peter Høeg's fourth novel defies easy categorization. It is at once a ...
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In the following review, Knight discusses Høeg's attention to detail in Tales of the Night but finds that the level of detail detracts from the flow of the storyline.
In “The Verd...
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In the following review, Dunn explores Høeg's use of historical characters and attention to time as a motif in Tales of the Night.
The Danish writer Peter Høeg made an explosive A...
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In the following review, Frank offers a mixed assessment of Borderliners, lamenting the novel's poor translation into English.
The narrator of Peter Høeg's puzzling and artful Bor...
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In the following positive review of Borderliners, Glass explores Høeg's recurring themes of time, child neglect, and parenthood.
The narrator of Borderliners, Peter Høeg's ...
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In the following review, Mousavizadeh offers a positive assessment of Borderliners.
“With the knife of light they would scrape the darkness clean,” observes the young narrator of Borderl...
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In the following review of Borderliners, Bradley examines the influences of Charles Darwin, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Proust on the novel.
Borderliners is published in the wake of the huge success of...
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In the following review, Unsworth offers a negative assessment of Borderliners, and accuses Høeg of sacrificing the novel's plot in order to make a political statement.
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Peter Hoeg
Critical Review by Richard Eder
