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Work InformationPerfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind (1985)
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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. ( ) 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.
35 livres cultes à lire au moins une fois dans sa vie Quels sont les romans qu'il faut avoir lu absolument ? Un livre culte qui transcende, fait réfléchir, frissonner, rire ou pleurer… La littérature est indéniablement créatrice d’émotions. Si vous êtes adeptes des classiques, ces titres devraient vous plaire. De temps en temps, il n'y a vraiment rien de mieux que de se poser devant un bon bouquin, et d'oublier un instant le monde réel. Mais si vous êtes une grosse lectrice ou un gros lecteur, et que vous avez épuisé le stock de votre bibliothèque personnelle, laissez-vous tenter par ces quelques classiques de la littérature. 1986 Patrick Süskind Le parfum traduit de l'allemand par B. Lortholary, Fayard «Süskind a conçu une magnifique histoire où même la mort et l'assassinat sont teintés de poésie.» (Lire, avril 1986) "From start to finish, Perfume is a ridiculously improbable piece of verbose claptrap which the author himself evidently found impossible to take seriously for very long at a time....Since very little happens within Grenouille's mind, and he achieves with other characters no relations capable of development, the book requires a good deal of stuffing to achieve the dimensions of a small novel. The best of this material is several different listings of the materials and procedures involved in perfume making. Suskind has done his homework on the topic....The writing of the book is verbose and theatrical." Just as Grenouille can manufacture a perfume that infallibly conjures up the same response in anyone who senses it, so Mr. Suskind creates words that provide a satisfying illusion of another time. Grenouille the perfumer becomes a kind of novelist, creating phantom objects in the air, but Mr. Suskind himself is a perfumer of language. This is a remarkable debut. A delight to the senses, disturbing serial killer, must read! Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inHas the adaptationHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctionsWhitcoulls Top 100 Books (98 – 2008) Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (99 – 2010) Notable ListsBulgarian Big Read (56)
Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odor he cannot capture. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)833.914Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1900-1990 1945-1990LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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