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Patrick Süskind

Author of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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About the Author

Patrick Suskind was born in Germany in 1949. Kurt Cobain, singer and songwriter for Nirvana, was a fan of Suskind's work and based a song on Perfume, a novel that had already developed a cult following in Europe and America. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Patrick Suskind is the normally used English form of his name Patrick Süskind.

Works by Patrick Süskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1985) 18,037 copies
The Pigeon (1987) 1,589 copies
The Story of Mr. Sommer (1991) 691 copies
The Double Bass (1981) 547 copies
On Love and Death (2005) 157 copies
Maître Mussard's Bequest (1996) 70 copies
A Battle (1900) 17 copies

Associated Works

Granta 21: The Story-Teller (1987) — Contributor — 156 copies
Granta 35: An Unbearable Peace (1991) — Contributor — 139 copies
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [2006 film] (2006) — Original story — 129 copies
Ten: A Bloomsbury Tenth Anniversary Anthology (1996) — Contributor — 7 copies
Profil d'une oeuvre : Le Parfum de Süskind (2003) — Contributor — 2 copies
Interpretationshilfen Deutsch Süskind: Das Parfum (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Süskind, Patrick
Legal name
Süskind, Patrick
Other names
Suskind, Patrick
Birthdate
1949-03-26
Gender
male
Nationality
Germany
Birthplace
Ambach am Starnberger See, Germany
Places of residence
Ambach am Starnberger See, Germany
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Aix-en-Provence, France
Education
University of Munich (Medieval and Modern History)
Aix-en-Provence
Occupations
playwright
author
Relationships
Süskind, W.E. (father)
Awards and honors
Refused several literary prizes
Disambiguation notice
Patrick Suskind is the normally used English form of his name Patrick Süskind.

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Folio Archives 327: Perfume by Patrick Süskind 2008 in Folio Society Devotees (June 2023)

Reviews

 
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buddhawithan.n | 35 other reviews | Feb 29, 2024 |
I liked the first 100 or so pages, basically up until he fucks off into the mountains, then it turned dull. I also found the writing style overly wordy while not actually saying anything or moving the plot forward.
 
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LynnMPK | 442 other reviews | Feb 3, 2024 |
I'm not even done and I have to say that I am not sure why this get's so much acclaim its very over done in places missing color in others, and full of entirely non pertinent moments. Then we get to the fact that the main character is a mentally disabled person essentially and the entire novel villainizes this character. Villainizes him long before any reason to. Why this has the critical acclaim that it does is beyond me. I wish I had my time back.
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Blanket_Dragon | 442 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |
I liked it. It was cute.
 
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Sum_Thing | 35 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

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Statistics

Works
31
Also by
9
Members
21,427
Popularity
#1,011
Rating
3.9
Reviews
518
ISBNs
464
Languages
30
Favorited
56

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