Perfume

The Story of a Murderer

Fiction & Literature, Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Author: Patrick Suskind ISBN: 9780804152976
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: May 14, 2014
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Patrick Suskind
ISBN: 9780804152976
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: May 14, 2014
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’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 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.

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An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’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 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.

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