Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 0-307-27776-3 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0307277763 |
No of pages | 247 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Vintage Books |
Published Date | 07 Nov 2006 |
From 1968-1974 he studied medieval and modern history in Munich and Aix-en-Provence. In the '80s he worked as a screenwriter, for Kirk Royal and Monaco Franzen among others.
After spending the 1970s writing what he has characterized as “short unpublished prose pieces and longer un-produced screenplays”,
Patrick Susskind was catapulted to fame in the 1980s by the monodrama Der Contrabass (The Double Bass, 1981), which became an instant success and a favorite of the German stage.
In 1985 his status as literary wunderkind was confirmed with the publication of the novel Das Parfum. Die Kechiche ernes Murders (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer), which quickly topped the European best-seller list and eventually sold millions of copies worldwide.
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An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Susskind’s classic novel 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 Greeneville 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 Greeneville’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 frets-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.