The Woman and the Ape

"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