Patrick Süskind

Die Geschichte eines Mörders. Buch und Film

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Perfume (International Writers)

Kate

Ein rares Meisterwerk zeitgenössischer Prosa, eine dicht gesponnene, psychologisch raffiniert umgesetzte Erzählung, die an die frühen Stücke von Patricia Highsmith erinnert, in ihrer Kunstfertigkeit aber an die Novellistik großer europäischer Erzähltradition anknüpft.

die Geschichte eines Mörders

Josephina Lucke

A murder was the start of his obsession. It was after that first crime that he knew he was a genius, that he understood his destiny. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the greatest perfumer of all time, possessed the power not just to create beautiful scents but to distill the very essence of love itself

The Story of a Murderer

Perfume

sage

i normally don't enjoy books with so little dialogue too much but surprisingly i enjoyed this one a lot

Feel like I need to shower now…4.5 stars 

Nicholas Laurie

Patrick Süskind's Perfume is a classic novel of death and sensuality in Paris'In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages. His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, and if his name has been forgotten today, it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance, misanthropy, immorality, or, more succinctly, wickedness, but because his gifts and his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history: to the fleeting realm of scent . . .''An astonishing tour de force both in concept and execution' Guardian'A fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity ... Clever, stylish, absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review'A meditation on the nature of death, desire and decay ... a remarkable début' Peter Ackroyd, The New York Times Book Review'Unlike anything else one has read. A phenomenon ... Everyone seems to want to get a whiff of this strange perfume, which will remain unique in contemporary literature' Figaro'An ingenious and totally absorbing fantasy' Daily Telegraph'Witty, stylish and ferociously absorbing' ObserverPatrick Süskind was born near Munich, in 1949. He studied medieval and modern history at the University of Munich. His first play, The Double Bass, was written in 1980 and became an international success. His first novel, Perfume, became an internationally acclaimed bestseller. He is also the author of The Pigeon and Mr. Summer's Story, and a coauthor of the enormously successful German television series Kir Royal. Patrick Süskind lives and writes in Munich.

Fran Gutiérrez

I’m so disturbed??? But like… in a “the book did what it had to” kind of way

beautifully written, fascinating topic, if a bit slow

Lili

I actually really liked the book but all I can say that it’s very weird. It’s written really good though so I’d recommend reading it to you. 

Jule Böttcher 

Klara Kirbis

** spoiler alert **
           very weird. killing people is quite a good one and making a parfume out of them. and at the end making people eat you .... good

Il profumo

gio☕

Un mese è stato il tempo che ho impiegato per leggere questo libro.
Un mese è stato il tempo che mi è servito per capirlo e per amarlo.
Fino a qualche giorno fa lo credevo odioso e pesante, un accollo e sicuramente non un piacere. Ad oggi, finito che è, l’ho capito e lo amo.
Amo Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, nella sua follia e nella sua genialità; amo una Francia che non mi è mai piaciuta e amo profumi che fino ad ora odiavo e ritenevo ripugnanti. Perché è stato un viaggio nei profumi, negli odori; mi sono inebriata di fragranze di cui prima non sapevo nemmeno il nome. Ho odorato profumi che non avevo idea di cosa potessero sapere, ma che pure mi sono giunti chiarissimi al naso, come se li conoscessi da sempre. E credo sia questa la magia di questo romanzo: il profumo.
Ma non solo: ho ritrovato, soprattutto alla fine, parte di quel realismo magico di Márquez, parte di quell’umana follia di cui sono eterni ambasciatori i suoi personaggi. Perché, lo devo ammettere, un finale di questo genere, così simile a quelli di Gabo, non me lo sarei mai aspettato. Ed è perfetto, tremendamente perfetto. Ed è stato proprio questo finale, queste ultime pochissime pagine, a ribaltare totalmente la mia opinione.

Left Quark

this was just a bit crazy. wish it was crazy the whole time. kind of got bored of learning how to make perfume tbh 

shelby

Ri Liu

Creepy, but well written and captivating.

Ashlyn

maggie

this was such a rollercoaster of a narrative goddamn thanks for the rec mr. cobain

TYLER

Amir M 

Easy 5/5 for me.
I, not being aware of this book, watched the adapted movie a few years ago. while the movie was quite enjoyable, I trust nothing can compare to this masterful piece of literature.
It saddens me that I'm running out of Patrick Süskind's books. there's a few left, but only can be found in the original language. For the first time in my life I've actually considered learning German.

Tabea

Leicht verstörend, aber so gut geschrieben, dass man sich gar nicht davon abwenden kann.

Way ahead of it's time. The ending literally left me speechless. It's a bit of a slow burn but genuinely worth the patience. Apparently it's the only book Kurt Cobain ever read. 

Beatriz Baptista

Este livro chateia-me porque adoro o conceito da história, adoro o ambiente, adoro as personagens, adoro França, adoro a época, MAS SOMEHOW não gostei do livro (foi em 2014, talvez deva voltar a lê-lo...)

Patrick Suskind

'In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages . . . ' Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in a Parisian slum and abandoned on the streets, discovers he has an extraordinary - near superhuman - sense of smell. As he sniffs his way across France, this gift is exploited by Grenouille to make the world's most marvellous perfumes. Yet in seeking perfection in his experiments, he realises that a vital ingredient is missing for the perfect scent: innocence. And in order to get the ingredient he needs, he must capture it - whatever the price. 'Ingenious and totally absorbing.' Daily Telegraph

finn

shame Grenouille died before anime conventions

Patrick Süskind's Perfume is a classic novel of death and sensuality in Paris - now available for the first time in ebook In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages. His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, and if his name has been forgotten today, it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance, misanthropy, immorality, or, more succinctly, wickedness, but because his gifts and his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history: to the fleeting realm of scent . . . 'An astonishing tour de force both in concept and execution' Guardian 'A fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity ... Clever, stylish, absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review 'A meditation on the nature of death, desire and decay ... a remarkable début' Peter Ackroyd, The New York Times Book Review 'Unlike anything else one has read. A phenomenon ... Everyone seems to want to get a whiff of this strange perfume, which will remain unique in contemporary literature' Figaro 'An ingenious and totally absorbing fantasy' Daily Telegraph 'Witty, stylish and ferociously absorbing' Observer

lauren carla

Nathalie Zb

Gute Idee und gute Konzept, jedoch leider eher lückenhafte Umsetzung.

Davina Noffke

This one was not for me. I was drawn in by the premise and storytelling so heavily freighted by an exquisite variety of smells, but it lost me at the virgin murders. Less the murders and more that the zenith of smells, enough to literally drive everyone crazy, is a couple dozen pretty virgins? Eh, ok.

Kunstvolle Sprache, eine Geschichte, wie aus einem einzigen Guss. Phantasievoll und erbarmungslos. 

Magisch

Patrick Süskind's Perfume follows the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, abandoned at birth in the slums of eighteenth-century Paris, but blessed with an outstanding sense of smell. This gift enables Jean-Baptiste to master the art of perfume making, but one scent evades him: that of a virgin, whom he must possess to ensure her innocence and beauty are preserved. Laced with sense and suspense, this is a beguiling tale of lust, desire and deadly obsession.

Elle Dyer

Jean Baotiste Grenouille nació con muy poca suerte, y en un escenario inmundo. Su infancia pudo haber marcado lo trágico de su existencia, pero en el caso de este pobre individuo, pareciera que todo ya estaba previamente escrito. Grenouille, no obstante, creció con un terrible atributo: hipersensibilidad. La vida se encargaría de perpetuarle la condena al traerlo al mundo con la irónica condición dual de no tener olor propio pero, eso sí, poseer el más increíblemente desarrollado sentido del olfato que jamás se haya visto. Aquel virtuosismo será progresivamente ocupado por Grenouille para catalogar y entender al resto de los hombres, desapegándolo de las cosas materiales, para diseñarle un mundo propio y etéreo. Pero ... la búsqueda de la perfección lo convertirá en un vulgar asesino. El olor virginal de una niña lo seduce. Desde entonces no dejará de matar, buscando apropiarse de la fórmula del más puro perfume.

historia de un asesino

El perfume

Marina Riaza

Aunque me lo haya tenido que leer para clase me ha sorprendido gratamente. Ya me había visto la peli pero en las descripciones de los olores y de los personajes tengo una visión distinta.

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