Peter Høeg, born in 1957 in Denmark, followed various callings--dancer, actor, sailor, fencer, and mountaineer--before turning seriously to writing. He is the bestselling author of five novels and one short story collection. His work has been published in thirty-three countries.
"The Woman and the Ape has many arrestingly stylish and inventive passages and an overall brilliance of tone that shows once again the originality of Mr. Høeg's voice." --The New York Times "A witty, compelling thriller that touches a primal nerve that has lain dormant since King Kong fell hard for Fay Wray." --Francine Prose, People "This decade's most offbeat love story . . . Funny, often touching, and definitely inventive." --David Walton, St. Petersburg Times "The Woman and the Ape is great fun to read. . . . Peter Høeg has written an intelligent novel of ideas and slyly disguised it as a lighthearted comedy. . . . He's figured out how to blend his various styles into a distinctive voice that's satiric, deadpan funny, at once warm and cool." --Brigitte Frase, Newsday "No imaginative writer working today is any more daring than Danish novelist Peter Høeg, any more willing to shock readers with something that is genuinely new. . . . He does it again with this utterly original mix of fantasy, fable, myth, and love story." --Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review) "This should confirm Peter Høeg's place as one of the most creative and interesting authors today." --Elizabeth D. Dickie, Richmond Times-Dispatch "One of the most griping books I've read in years. It moved me so deeply that by the end I found myself weeping." --Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The Village Voice Literary Supplement "An engrossing fable." --Deloris Ament, The Seattle Times
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