Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter, best known for his internationally acclaimed novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985. Süskind was born in Ambach am Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany. His father was writer and journalist Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind, who worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and is famous as the co-author of the well-known Aus dem Wörterbuch des Unmenschen (From the Dictionary of an Inhuman), a critical collection of essays on the lan...
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Synopsis
In 18th-century France, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with an extraordinary sense of smell but no personal scent of his own. Driven by a monstrous ambition, he seeks to become the world's greatest perfumer, believing that mastering scents will allow him to control the hearts of men. His abominable journey leads him to commit atrocious acts in pursuit of the ultimate fragrance.
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Jean-Baptiste GrenouilleProtagonist
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ParfumPaperback, 2008
279 pages
Le Livre de PocheLanguage: FrenchISBN: 9782253044901
