Name: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International)
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Author: Patrick Süskind
ISBN: 9780375725845

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Patrick Süskind

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2001

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5 x 13.1 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN

0375725849

ISBN13

9780375725845

Synopsis "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International)"

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Set in eighteenth-century France, the classic novel that provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion--his sense of smell--leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift--an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"--the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

Patrick Süskind

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Patrick Süskind nació en 1949 en la localidad bávara de Ambach (Alemania). Hijo del escritor expresionista W.E. Süskind, su primera novela, El perfume (Seix Barral, 1985) le valió inmediata notoriedad mundial. Es un escritor y guionista de cine alemán. Realizó estudios de Historia medieval y Moderna en la Universidad de Múnich y en Aix-en-Provence entre 1968-1974. En la década de 1980 trabajó como un guionista televisivo, para Kir Royal y Monaco Franze entre otros.

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