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 frest-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 brillance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.
Patrick Süskind Books
This author achieved international acclaim in the 1980s with a celebrated monodrama and a bestselling novel. His work is characterized by its keen insight into the human psyche and a fascination with the unusual. Through precise storytelling, he uncovers hidden aspects of human nature, prompting readers to contemplate deeper truths. His narratives continue to resonate due to their unique atmosphere and masterful language.
The Pigeon
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon is Patrick Süskind's tense, disturbing follow-up to the bestselling Perfume. The novella tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel, who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover. When Jonathan opens his front door on a day he believes will be just like any other, he encounters not the desired empty hallway but an unwelcome, diabolical intruder . . .
'According to Plato, fools do not strive for the beautiful and the good, for divine bliss, because they are satisfied with themselves. The wise do not strive for it either because they already have those things. Only the people in between, half-way between fools and the wise, you and I and all the others waiting patiently here in a traffic jam for the next green light, are vulnerable to the arrow of Eros.' On Love and Death is a witty and inspiring meditation on the erotic link between the two great forces of human existence. Patrick S|skind provocatively draws on scenes as contemporary as a young couple having oral sex while stuck in traffic, as literary as Thomas Mann's discovery of forbidden love in his seventies, and as mythical as the stirring tales of death conquered through love in the narratives of Orpheus and Jesus.
Блистательный и загадочный "Парфюмер" Патрика Зюскинда был впервые напечатан в Швейцарии в 1985 году. Сегодня он признан самым знаменитым романом, написанным в немецком языке со времен "На Западном фронте без перемен" Ремарка, издан тиражом более 12 миллионов экземпляров, включая латынь, и, наконец, экранизирован. Фильм, вышедший в мировой прокат в 2006 году, имел огромный успех, а его создатели получили шесть наград Германской киноакадемии. Сегодня победное шествие Жан-Батиста Гренуя - великолепного всепобеждающего монстра - продолжается. Несомненно, этот захватывающий романтический детектив, уже ставший классикой, еще долго будет будоражить, притягивать и интриговать читателей самых разных пристрастий и вкусов.
Alles über Patrick Süskinds Das Parfum
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Die Geschichte eines einmaligen Bestsellers Alles über „Das Parfum“ Seit Erich Maria Remarques „Im Westen nichts Neues“ hatte kein deutschsprachiges Buch so durchschlagenden Erfolg wie Patrick Süskinds „Das Parfum“. Was macht diesen Erfolg aus? Die Autoren führen kenntnisreich und unterhaltsam durch die Welt der Bücher und der Düfte, immer auf den Spuren des Duftgenies Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. So entsteht ein umfassendes Kompendium über diesen einmaligen Bestseller und den Film von Tom Tykwer mit Dustin Hoffman.
Einfach Deutsch. Das Parfum
- 121 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Achter een walmende viskraam in Parijs wordt op 17 juli 1738 Jean-Baptiste Grenouille geboren. De voedsters die het ventje aan de borst krijgen houden het niet lang met hem uit: hij is te gulzig en je ruikt hem niet. De geur, de onmiskenbare geur van zuigelingen, ontbreekt. Hij moet van de duivel bezeten zijn. Jean-Baptiste overleeft de mazelen, dysenterie, waterpokken en cholera. Hij heeft geen behoefte aan moederliefde of de aandacht van een vader. We volgen hem op gepaste afstand op zijn tocht door de donkerste stegen van Parijs, en zijn er getuige van hoe hij de parfumeur Baldini om zijn vinger windt. Gaandeweg krijgen we een vermoeden van wat er met Grenouille aan de hand kan zijn...
Il profumo. Das Parfum, italienische Ausgabe. Romanzo
- 259 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Un raro capolavoro della prosa contemporanea, una narrazione psicologicamente raffinata che ricorda le prime opere di Patricia Highsmith, ma si collega all'arte della novella della grande tradizione narrativa europea.
Zwei Männer spielen Schach im Pariser Jardin du Luxembourg. Der eine ist ein genialischer Emporkömmling, der andere ein alter Champion, der in seinen Denkmustern gefangen ist. Wem schenkt das Publikum seine Gunst? Wessen König fällt zuerst?
