Perfume

the story of a murderer

por Patrick Süskind

255 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 2001 por Vintage International.

ISBN:: 978-0-375-72584-5
Número OCLC:: 50208049

(4 reseñas)

Follows an odorless baby found orphaned in Paris in 1738 as he grows into a monster obsessed with his perfect sense of smell and a desire to capture, by any means, the ultimate scent that will make him human.

68 ediciones

Amandine reseñó Le parfum de Patrick Süskind

Fascinante

5 estrellas

La descripción de los olores cotidianos de este libro me pareció fascinante.

Otts reseñó Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International) de Patrick Süskind

Old-fashioned

3 estrellas

Set in 18th Century Paris, a man with no scent possesses an incredible sense of smell. If it were written today, it could easily be a super-villain story: scent is the key to power and control here. It avoids those tropes, but gets mired in others that are unfortunately very gendered and tired. Interesting details on perfumery though, and the language can be entertaining in its hyperbole.