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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
When I saw the movie adaptation of this book I remember thinking that the lead character was very Norman Bates-ish. Now that I've read this the comparison is even more accurate. In the book of Psycho, the character of Norman Bates ... I read The Virgin Suicides and Perfume: Story of a Murderer over the past two days, and now I'm actually going to try my hardest not to start anything new until Tuesday night, once I'm done with final exams and on my way back to my family for the holidays.
I have absolutely no self-c ... ... prose tired and difficult to read. This is one class-required text I'll be glad to sell back at the end of term.
64. Perfume: Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind
Part of me is saddened by the fact that I'd seen the movie before I read this book, as the film is a very faithful ... Have you read the novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind? It would be a perfect fit for your senses category. ... have murders and crime but they're still escapism. This was unsettling, and it stayed that way. So, too, is life.
98. Perfume by Patrick Suskind
That was quite a strange book. It had the most astonishing method of escaping an execution I've ever read, a rather bizarre resolution, and a ... ... have murders and crime but they're still escapism. This was unsettling, and it stayed that way. So, too, is life.
98. Perfume by Patrick Suskind
That was quite a strange book. It had the most astonishing method of escaping an execution I've ever read, a rather bizarre resolution, and a ... ... (and sequel), The Talented Mr. Ripley, Alias Grace, Generation Loss, Out: A Novel, Smilla's Sense of Snow; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; The Name of the Rose; The Secret History; The Wasp Factory ... and I'm forgetting many others.
See? Really open. Series books are ... OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
... >Andrey Kurkov
5- The Master and The Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
6- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind
7- The ... ... (Dutch) !
- De Chinees / Kineseren - Henning Mankell !
- De alchemist / The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho !
- Het parfum / Perfume - Patrick Süskind !
- De naam van de roos / The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco !
- De acht / The eight - Katherine Neville !
- Eten, ... >69
The two German novels of recent years that seem to have done well in the English-speaking world are Perfume and Measuring the world - both historical novels set long before the war. Neither has much directly to say about modern German life. (There's also Night train to Lisbon, but that' ... I feel this way about Perfume ... Fair by Thackeray
The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
Cloud Atlas by Mitchell
Darkness at Noon by Koestler
Perfume: Story of a Murderer by Suskind
The Road by McCarthy
Secret River by Grenville
Silas Marner by Elliot
I,' Claudius by Graves
The movie they made of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer was as close to the book as any I've ever seen. Except Gone With the Wind. And yes, Blood Meridian is violent and brutal, but, well, it's real writing and a real book and really worth it. I have to say I am tired of YA novels becoming ... ... new that I feel as strongly about as some of the classics I've read and loved.
No order. Off the top of my head.
1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2. Life of Pi
3. The Secret Magdalene
4. Into the Wild
5. Blood Meridian
6. Alias Grace
7. All the Pretty Horses
I'm ... Perfume by Patrick Suskind. Absolutely disgusting. It is about a man killing and skinning charismatic girls to distill the essence of their attraction.
I don't know why I finished it because it made me feel nauseous. I suspect that I hoped that he would get his comeuppance; but he didn't ... I realise that most critics and most readers will disagree with me but I found Perfume made me want to throw up. I finished it but found it disgusting and that the anti-hero was rewarded for what he did just made it worse. ... it so that I can watch the movie later (my rule is never watching the adaptions before reading the book).
I also picked up Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (since last week actually). I watched the movie already, and that's the biggest regret of my life.
And I've been reading Because of Winn-D ... ... American Prayer by Shepard
Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer
Larque on the Wing by Nancy Springer
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Secret Service by Wendy Walker
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
Many of these have ... I don't know a whole lot about Perfume. The Wasp Factory is pretty unique stuff. No more violent than your average historical fiction: it's the themes that it explores that seem to provoke strong reactions in people.
Like alcottacre, I find lists a bit restricting too. Interesting to dip ... I don't know a whole lot about Perfume. The Wasp Factory is pretty unique stuff. No more violent than your average historical fiction: it's the themes that it explores that seem to provoke strong reactions in people.
Like alcottacre, I find lists a bit restricting too. Interesting to dip ... I thought Perfume was meh--good, but not a contemporary classic or anything. The Wasp Factory and Perfume are both on the list of 1001 books you must read before you die, if you follow that sort of thing. ... odd Robert J Sawyer book). The Wasp Factory is a classic and I also recommend it - it is pretty squeamish icky and like Perfume requires a strong stomach as it does challenge your sensibilities.
I really liked Peter F Hamilton's Greg Mandal books, the first book is Mindstar Rising, set ... I really enjoyed the adaptations of:
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Atonement by Ian McEwan I preferred the book for the first half, but the movie for the second half.
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. It could never live up to the book, but still good.
The Prestige by ... ... a bug. LT tries to guess which book you mean, and often gets it wrong. Just click on others to get the one you want.
Perfume is the second one on the longer list.
BTW, someone had entered the German Title in CK, so I fixed it. Here on .com it should be the English. But even before I ... I'm two cd's into Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Great so far! ... have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Anne of Green Gables
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
... ... of good books set in postwar Germany. Silent Close No. 6 by Monika Maron is set in Communist East Germany.
Possibly Perfume.
Is there a specific genre/theme/whatever that she's looking for? 32. Perfume - Suskind
A man without smell, but with a very good nose, desires a perfume that makes him irresistable. Almost finished Perfume. ... shonor 4
Pym, Barbara (fic) Excellent Women 5
Sayers, Dorothy (M) Murder must advertise 3
Suskind, Patrick (fic)(hf) Perfume: A Story of a Murderer 4
West, Rebecca (fic) The Return of the Soldier 4
Shakespeare (dr) Much Ado About Nothing 4
Burgess, Anthony (fic) Clockwork Orange 3 ... 39 - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Bah. Well written, whatever, I did not like this book. Apparently Kurt Cobain and Marilyn Manson were big fans of this book. Guess I'm not one of the cool kids. ... either.
Most hugely successful translations in this country are of "status symbol" books like The Name of the Rose and Perfume. The mass market of readers, a disheartening 1% of the country's population (about 3 million people), will buy those books because they like to look smart. I ... ... read for many a year is The Secret Magdalene. It's one of those books you LOVE or you don't get at all. I also liked Perfume, the Story of a Murderer. Both are so well written. Such a treat. ... of God is an easy, quick read. I read it on my post-surgery narco-high. Reminded me a little of Patrick Susskind's Perfume:The Story of a Murderer with a Faulknerian Snopes flavor to it. Read it tomorrow - what else do you have to do? LOL
Started Now the Drum of War last night --I ... Books that came into my house today (for a dollar each!).
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Perfume: The story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning ... tend to be all over the place as far as book selections go.
There's just too many books and oh so little time!!!
Now
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
a review
This book was given to me as a gift, and I was initially put off because murder stories aren't particularly my cup of tea. But ... ... it in college but I suspect that like War and Peace I'd take more away from it now. I'm also interested in your take on Perfume, it seems to be one of those books readers either love or loathe.
You have some interesting books listed - a few that are on my own TBR list.
Tell me, what did you think of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer? I picked it up when the film came out, but never got around to reading it... ... collection. Sometimes I find myself staring blankly at a tag thinking "I have five books set in Paris? Oh, there we go - Perfume, The Innocents Abroad, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1, February House, and A Coffin for Dimitrios. No, that's not right, I have to add the Po ... ... with the vampire
53- Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
54- The name of the rose
55- The handmaid's tale
56- Perfume
57- Contact
58- The pigeon
59- Like water for chocolate
60- Remains of the day *
61- The english patient
62- The secret history
63- A fine ... ... to read a real classic. Or I think Dorothy Sayers writes mystery. (I haven't read one in a while.) I think that the book Perfume is a mystery that a lot of people like.
For a different category, you could use historical fiction or suspense or dystopian maybe. Good luck with your category. ... ... in some interesting way.
I love that bib so kindly sent me her copy of The History of Now. I'll treasure it.
My copy of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer was taken from a bookshelf in a digs house in Italy, where actors would leave and take books for/from other actors passing through.
11. ... ... the HPB Clearance Shelves brought:
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
All the Names by Jose Saramago
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Less than $10 for four books that are beloved on LT - Sweet! ... are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
The Memory-Keeper's Daug ... 15: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
Very good, amazing imagery. I've always felt I have a better sense of smell than most people I meet and I really identified with the main character. (Although obviously I am not so depraved.) This book reminded me some of Devil in ... ... writing sci fi. Wish she'd do it more often.
Edit: Also look for anything that's been made into a film - Atonement, Perfume, The Virgin Suicides, The Prestige, Mystic River. All of those, incidentally, are good or great books, with good or great movie adaptations. ... Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
What Katy Did Next by Susan M. Coolidge
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Unfortunates by Laurie Graham
The Vampire Armand by A ... ... used as a metaphor for discussing issues of prejudice, and this one would give you plenty to discuss.
There's also:
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
I looked at the LibraryThing recommendations for Sophie's World, and can personally vouch for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind and The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, both of which I enjoyed in high school (and still do).
I also wondered if he might enjoy ... ... bookshelf!) Your review was great. I too have come across books where I simply didn't connect with any of the characters (Perfume was one). Do you find you struggle to keep going with them as I do?
I read Smilla's Sense of Snow long ago. It came out roughly at the same time that Perfume by Patrick Suskind and both of them were excellent. I guess our taste for the Scandinavians (is Denmark part of Scandinavia?) is nothing new.
I just finished Exit Music by Ian Rankin. It's the ... ... to do with the fact that this book was recommended to me by a friend upon my telling him that I'd thoroughly enjoyed Perfume: the story of a murderer, which is one of my favorite books ever. My friend told me he'd read Perfume and that if I wanted something like it, I should try Chocolat. ... Some of my favorite bad guys:
Grenouille from Perfume - such an interesting serial killer!
Voldemort from the Harry Potter books
Long John Silver from Treasure Island (most entertaining)
the housekeeper from Rebecca. I can't remember her name. I keep thinking Mrs. Miniver, but I know that ... ... and I have to say, while I enjoyed reading it, I was a little disappointed. I guess I just expected something akin to Perfume: the story of a murderer, and it was far from that. I don't know if I'll be picking up The Lollipop Shoes.
I'm currently reading Year of Wonders. I've had a ...
Ticked another one off Perfume. I can imagine it would not be one for everyone, but I enjoyed it. ... on
3.Embers by Sandor Marai A, B
4.Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels A, B
5.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A
6.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind B
7.The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A, B, E
8.The Road Home by Rose Tremain A, E
9.Saturday by Ian ... ... and 3 interesting essays, one by Robin Williams from the Science program on ABC radio.
Now I'm back to the 1001 list with Perfume, I'm reserving judgement on that one until I'm a bit further along.
One day I plan to tackle AK to, but I might get a few more of the shorter 1001 books read ... ... his birth and 150 years since On the Origin of the Species was first published.
Now, with a scoundrel and a whiff of Perfume, I'm following my nose around Paris in about 1750. Keeps me on track with reading from the 1001 list. ... to Tasmania in the HMS Beagle.
Thought I would add that, I'm following my nose to France next with a whiff of Perfume
ETA pesky touchstones just wont work sometimes ... of The Gargoyle and have so many books to read that I'm not going to feel guilty at all.
But, surprisingly, I liked Perfume. #155 - Although I enjoyed Perfume, some parts were a bit hard to take , especially (for me) the ending.
Just a month ago I gave up on Oates' We Were the Mulvaneys - I just don't think I was in the mood for a rambling story and I had other books that were calling to me.
Maybe sometime in ... ... explanation or motivation as to why. Then the book jumps 20 years, and you get new characters. The ending is a fizzle.
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
A book group read, though I had already bought the book to read myself.
It is just boring. The only thing that interested me was in the ... I'm going to stand up for Harry Potter and Perfume - both amazing reads in different ways obviously.
However, I did give up on The Dante Trap - and you thought the Da Vinci Code was written badly - and, although I'm enjoying The siege of Krishnapur it is a bit of a slog. ... Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole
Grendel
The Loved One
The Ladies from St. Petersburg *
The Woman in White *
Perfume *
Just Desserts *
Red Poppies *
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse
Gunpowder Plot *
Climbing the Mango Trees *
The Bastard of Istanbul *
The Trouble W ... ... who is far more imaginative than I am. Nominees and winners are:
Best fiction book: Perfume: the story of a murderer, A Dance to the Music of Time, Possession: a romance, Ulysses, If On a Winters Night a Traveler, An Artist of the Floating World
... ... on a typewriter), the basic material on plotting, work habits, techniques, and rewriting remains timely.
BTW, I found Perfume to be a fascinating but disturbing novel.
... ~ Glad you enjoyed Hotel du Lac! It made my top 10 of the year list this year.
ETA that I'm almost finished with Perfume by Patrick Suskind. I'm fascinated by it, but I'm not sure quite what I think of it yet, if that makes sense. Hey, ellsea ~ I just picked up a copy of Perfume too! I'll probably start it during the Christmas holiday. Let me know what you think. ... to for ages, but kind of lost the will to live on the cataloging front. (Hello!)
I've just started reading Suskind's Perfume . . . I've wanted to read it for ages, and spotted a copy in a local charity shop yesterday - EXCITED! ... wasn't that many.
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
Perfume - Patrick Süskind
Those would have to be my favourites, despite loving them all. :D It took some effort, but I managed to get my Best Of 2008 list down to 10. In the order I read them:
Perfume: the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind
Possession: a romance by A.S. Byatt
A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
An Artist of the Floating World by K ... ... on
The Red Tent is one of my favorite books anyways, so it's an obvious one for this category.
Non-American Fiction:
Perfume is one of the best novels I think I've ever read and I'm glad I stuck with it.
Science and Medicine:
Your Inner Fish was engaging and informative and the ... ... of Men
Burmese Days: A Novel
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
Perfume
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
V for Vendetta
From Hell
The Master and Margarita (Penguin Classics)
Montaillou: The Promise ... ... which seems indicative of a good idea more suited for a short story than a longer narrative. It's whatever.
33. Perfume
I had never heard of this book before it was assigned to me. It's creepy, it eerily pulls you in, and despite being horrible in what it promotes inadvertently, ... OC: Agamemnon EX: Gulag Archipelago Vol. 3, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Divine Comedy, Horseman, Pass By, Little Women Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ****
by Peter Süskind
10/18/08
The Divine Comedy **½
by Dante Alighieri
10/19/08
Horseman, Pass By ***
by Larry McMurtry
10/19/08
I finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind. It was supposed to be a psychological mystery and/or horror. I just found it boring. Strange unloved little man, who has no scent of his own, possess the most amazing nose for scents. He lives and sees the world through his nose. Because he has no ... I am now reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. It is a RL book group read that I missed last month, so I am trying to catch up.
I am about 70 pages in and it is starting to get more interesting, now that the perfume part is being explored. The first part seemed slow and old-fashioned and a ...
I am now reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. It is a book club read that I am behind on.
I really enjoy the SF Crime Series The Retrieval Artist by Kirstine Kathyrn Rusch. My favorite is the second about a moon marathon, called Extremes.
Just a thought about the black crime ... ... W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf
7. Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
8. Narziß und Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
9. Das Parfum by Patrick Süßkind
10. Kassandra by Christa Wolf
I'm currently reading Perfume. Perfume?? ... seen on my profile page. Lives with parents so I suppose doesn't really count as mine.... :-(
Favorite Book (so far): Perfume: The Story of a murderer, THe Book Thief, The Crimson Petal and the White.
Favorite Movie (so far): Hmmmmm..... Three COlours Trilogy, Cinema Paradiso, Dod ... Is it Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Suskind?
Edited for touchstone which still didn't appear!
ETA touchstone - worked! oh, that's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
loved that book ... and read the books that are due next, and then go back to my other books on my current reading list : The Icarus Hunt, Perfume , The Cork Boat .
So I started A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie. The first in the Kincaid and James series for my Mystery group. Haven't gotten ... ... Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn and it seems like it will be a good , quick, fun Space Opera type SF.
I never did get to Perfume by Patrick Suskind, so that will be after the SF book. And tomorrow I am supposed to have completed Cork Boat by John Pollack. Hopefully I will catch up over ... I just uploaded to my inventory Perfume: the story of murderer by Patrick Süskind
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http://www.bookmooch.com/m/detail/0140120831 saraslibrary - I just checked IMDB and it looks like the movie is based on the book. As a book Perfume is a great story, I am not sure how it would translate into a movie - especially the ending. Someone will have to let me know how the movie is - but if you haven't already, you should really ... #20 - Sara,
The Perfume book they were talking about was the one made into a movie. So it was good? I was curious. I've Netflixed the movie.
I'm glad you've read some Edward Lee. I haven't yet. I have Flesh Gothic, The Backwoods and Messenger. Which would you recommend I try first? ... ... Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence ****½
8. Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge **½
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9. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Peter Süskind ****
10. Sanctuary by William Faulkner ***½
11. Housekeeping by by Marilynne Robinson ***½
12. White Jazz by Ja ... ... I am an old-fashioned, need to drag my book with me wherever I go, kind of girl. Speaking of, I am off to start reading Perfume. ...
Muriel Spark - after The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
A.S. Byatt - after Possession
Patrick Suskind - after Perfume:The Story of a Murderer
Regarding #58 and following, I finally ordered a copy of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and just got it a little while ago. My younger daughter wanted to read it. She is an artist, and I explained to her about the lack of illustrations and suggested that she illustrate it for me. After she ... ... German to English translation done by John E. Woods. Many English readers are familiar with his translation work from Perfume by Patrick Suskind.
Joseph is really four novels in an omnibus edition. So far, I am enjoying the heck out of it. Most readers have some background ... 37. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
38. Perfume: The story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind (translated by John E. Woods)
39. Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag
40. The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar Birthday today & I recieved my beloved folio's: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Varieties of Religious Experience and the free Shakespeare's Life & World (not sure there's a link for that one!)
So one very happy girl with a lot of pretty heavy reading ... ... - Frederik van Eeden (Dutch literature.)
- Duivelsverzen - Salman Rushdie (Dutch translation of Satanic verses.)
- Das Parfum - Patrick Suskind
- A portrait of an artist as a young man - James Joyce I finished Perfume: The Story of a Murderer over the weekend and found it to be a lush, single-minded story that I enjoyed greatly. To me, it read like Anne Rice in her prime.
Now I am going away from convention and reading a collection of short stories: The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov. ... year so far (the ones that come to mind first) are (in no particular order)
Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
... ... read it so the cover does nothing to sell it to me.
My list of orders goes as follows:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Varieties of Religious Experience
....which are my birthday gifts, I want nothing else as I already feel mega guilty at my book ... ... year I'm biting my lip till summer!
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, The Secret Garden, Collected Ghost Stories, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, A Gardener's Year & The Varieties of Religious Experience (first time I've seen that one!) all look especially enticing & with my 19th ... ... Robbins style.
Now, for my next book, I am travelling up the same vein of plot device (that being perfume) and reading Perfume: The story of a murderer. I am one of the few people who really enjoyed the movie and found the book as soon as I watched it. So far, the two that I've been inspired to read because of LT (not including my ER books) are Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (because of the Most Disturbing books list) and Good Omens. I've been adding plenty to my TBR list because of LT, though. ... back-the title intrigued me
Your Attention Please-saw it on the shelf at Half Priced Books, sounded useful for work
Perfume: The story of a murder-It was on the list for most disturbing books, so the idea of it stuck with me, then my boyfriend had mentioned it in a conversation, so I ... My absolute favorite P is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Close seconds are Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Das Parfüm. ... to try. Here, in no particular order, are the P books I love so very much:
Pride and Prejudice
Possession: A Romance
Perfume: the story of a murderer
Pale Fire
A Pale View of Hills
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
See? Too many good P books. The absolute best book I read in May was Perfume. Yes, Red Tent is one of my favorite books and was also read in May, but I think it has more for a bigger audience and I'm still blown away by the writing. For nonfiction, I guess I'd have to vote for Birth, despite the amazing amount of fact- ... Number 4 in Non-American authors' Fiction:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was born poor, almost immediatly orphaned, and with an amazing sense of smell. He also has no actual smell of his own (and he might not have a soul of his own either), which frightens everyone ... 43. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer These followed me home:
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (new in paperback!) ... like going into the library and asking for the green book?),mabe someone knows this one ? (I lost it in the move).
And Perfumehad a certain ,um ,pungent charm.,although a bit further back than 30 years,and wouldn't want you using it as an idea of the typical Frenchman. I saw Perfume: The Story of a Murderer on cable. It was an entertaining and surreal film, Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman were great in it. So much more satisfying than the cliched slasher horror you get these days. But then again it WAS based on a work of literature. I have read Gone with the Wind.
How about Perfume: the story of a murderer? 3-- I hadn't realized Perfume was a book first. I saw the movie and was deeply disturbed. 4 Perfume: the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind whose touchstone appears not to be working.
Oooh, I loved this book. So very much. Suskind's prose is just beautiful - lush and descriptive. It has to be difficult to express scent in words, and he managed to do just that. I enjoyed how ... My top 5 (both fiction and non) for the first quarter:
Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
Perfume: the Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Marie Antoinette: the Journey by Antoni ... My most disturbing was Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind I actually don't count it as one of my favourite books because I prefer to forget the story as much as possible. I found it disturbing because of the unnaturalness of the main character and his obsession with the ... ... Gregory
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
I will only include novels ... I just finished Thomas Tryon's The Other which I thought was wonderfully written and quite disturbing. I also found Perfume:the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind to be weirdly upsetting. In The Perfume you (of course) learn everything about perfume and how to make it. ... Don Quixote
36. Thomas Keneally Schindlers List
37. Mark Twain - The adventures of Tom Sawyer
38. Patrick Suskind Perfume, story of murderer
39. Stephenie Meyer - The Host
40 Stephen King - Duma Key
41. Brandon Sanderson - Elantris
42. J.R.R Tolkien - Children of Hurin
43. ... ... act
5. Fantasy Books I haven't already read
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Dracula
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Frankestein
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
6. The Alchemist
7. Guilty Pleasures
8. Middlesex
6. Books From 'Neilson's Top Books of 2007
1. The Secret
2. Eat, Pray, Love
3. Th ... Just finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind yesterday, which was quite excellent.
Am now starting on Extras by Scott Westerfeld. 49th Book:
Perfume - Patrick Süskind
One away from 50! I have to say that this book really lived up to its expectations. In fact it went beyond that. It some ways it reminded me of The Picture of Dorian Gray. I felt the tone was somewhat similar. Or at least I felt that. A ... I returned home today to find Perfume had been delivered. I am not often disappointed by FS books but I was disappointed that this edition contained no illustrations at all - not even a frontispiece. Thank goodness someone had the sense to use an enlarged engraved Paris streetmap for the ... I'm reading Perfume now and I find that it's fantastic so far. It's really quite enjoyable for me. What did you think of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer? It gets my vote for most overrated book. Haven't seen the movie. Just finished book #27 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
... already read
1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Dracula
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Frankestein
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
6. The Alchemist
7. Guilty Pleasures
8. Middlesex
6. Books From 'Neilson's Top Books of 2007
1. The Secret
... 22. Perfume: The Story of A Murderer by Patrick Suskind
I am in Paris, France, 1700s with Grenouille.
Perfume by Patrick Suskind JF: Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis
CR: Perfume - Patrick Suskind
LF: 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson Started reading Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind. It is an excellent book so far. Am up to page 20. Have started reading Perfume: the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind and it is very good so far, of the 12 or so pages I've read. I finished Perfume The Story of a Murderer. Couldn't sleep around 2 a.m. so started Water for Elephants and have read 104 pages so far. It is absolutely wonderful. I would never have picked it up, but that's what a bookclub's for, I guess. ... by Al Gore. It's slow going but good. I've read 4 or 5 books since starting it.
Right now my non-Al Gore book is Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. It's quite good so far. The language is lyrical - a joy to read.
Next on the list for this week is Water for El ... I'm in the middle of Perfume the story of a murderer by patrick suskind. The language is lyrical and a joy to read.
Next will be Water for Elephants by sara Gruen. It's the first book in our bookclub's new year. There are 12 of us, so we have floating years.
Plus, still ... Two of my five star rated books are Perfume: the story of a murderer and Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
I don't give five stars easily, but these two just transported me.
eidted to add: I have Pillars of the Earth on my TBR pile, and have a strong hope it will be a five star job! Can't wait ... #88
I loved Perfume and just recently saw the movie. You should check it out! My 1001 books in January:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer -- interesting concept, I liked it, won't appeal to anyone who doesn't like magical realism
Atonement -- loved, loved, loved it. Did I mention that I loved it?
White Teeth -- took me forever to get through it, and I didn't really ... ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
And I have also gotten:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo I remember reading somewhere that Cobain read Perfume. Don't know if he owned it. Hmmmmm...
I've always had a bit of a crush on Kent in King Lear.
Other favourites are
1)Grenouille in Perfume: the story of a murderer, (even though he's clearly unhinged)...
2) Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh
3)The adoptive father and the Jewish guy in hiding in The Book Thief (f ... Hmmmmm.....Really tricky question, and the answer is subject to change, but in recent years it's been Perfume: the story of a murderer. Fantastic read. ... include: White Oleander by Janet Fitch, Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind, Blindness by Jose Saramago, and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
I also second: The Book ... 1. The Time Traveler's Wife
2. My Sister's Keeper
3. Nineteen Minutes
4. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
It was a really good year for books. ... by Jonathan Safran Foer
2 - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
3 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4 - Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind
5 - Choke by Chuck Palahnuik ... by Geoff Tibballs
5. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
6. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
7. The Merry Wives of Windsor (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare
8. Great Expectations (Pen ... Books 81-90:
81. Necroscope 4: Deadspeak by Brian Lumley
82. Perfume by Patrick Suskind
83. The Book of Shadows by James Reese
84. lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub
85. Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Land That Never Was by David Sinclair
86. Awaken Me Dark ... ... d:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Lunch with the Generals by Derek Hansen
Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Summer of Katya by Trevanian ... after the pseudo-book that had 30 pages and ended before anything happened.
Wilhelm Tell - I have no memory of this.
Das Parfum - my class rebelled after reading several books we considered terrible/boring/stupid and me and a friend suggested reading The perfume. My teacher was so fed up ... ... to describe it all in stark language that bares the brutality without an ounce of judgment. This has all the horror of Perfume, though the characters in The Housekeeper are even scarier than Grenouille in Perfume. i have Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. Someone also gave me a copy of Austen's Sense and Sensibility. This series makes you want to really (re-)read the classics.
eldritch00: the deluxe eds. are really great-looking! i ... Geek Love, The Collector, Perfume and Lord of the Flies are for sure up there on the disturbing shelf, but I enjoyed them all. Geek Love is a favorite, although I alternate between throwing it against the wall and hugging it close. The movie version of The Collector is ... ... god - just had to come back online in the middle of the night as I totally missed out my favourite favourite book...
1. PERFUME - the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind.
Can't believe I forgot it!! ... As I Found It by Bruce Duffy
Composing a Life by Mary Catherine Bateson
The book of answers by Carol Bolt
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
The Book of Revelation by Rupert Thomson
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
The Bar Sinister, Pride and Prej ... ... Waters. Based on the blurb, I was expecting to really enjoy this book, but I actually found it a little.....boring.
Perfume by Patrick Suskind. An utterly revolting book. Well written enough so that I wasn't going to abandon it, but I'm not sure what I took from it except the sense ... I am in a cave somewhere outside Paris with Perfume. This reminds me very much of Grendel and given the character's name, Grenouille, I can't help but think that might be intentional. I really like the sensuality of this book. I may keep with that theme and follow with Silk. (Hopefully it' ... ... ones right after I've posted this list, but here it goes:
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Millennium Edition
Das Parfüm by Patrick Süskind
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Good ... ... we can't expect him to perfectly fit the traditional bill. The meticulousness is there, though.
Grenouille in Das Parfum is a different type of sociopath, in my opinion, as he's not really a part of society. He's so detached, we can't really expect any conformist behaviour from him. ... ... Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Toyer by Gardner McKay
Perfume : The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind ... rvilles
The Little Prince
The Old Man and the Sea
The Stranger (not necessarily particularly easy to read though)
Perfume
The Wasp Factory (short, but not pleasant, not that that means I think it's not worth reading!)
There are a few by Jonathan Swift, e.g. A Modest Proposal ... Unfortunately, I watched the movie of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer last night. That was one bad dog! ... the outline of the plot to someone I cant help but laugh because it is just so clever.
A friend of mine read Perfume before it was translated into English, and when he tried explaining the plot to me it sounded great - crazy, but in a very good way, and he was loving it. I saw the ... I finished perfume:the story of a murderer yesterday after much delay with a busy schedule. I thought it was one of the most original books i have read, every time i try to explain the outline of the plot to someone I cant help but laugh because it is just so clever.
Now im about 45 pages into ... ... for me, im just not much of a fan, but i respect what Rowling has done and i can see the appeal.
Im almost done with Perfume: The Story of A Murderer and i will probably move on to The Plot Against America next, unless another book on my huge "to read" pile convinces me otherwise.
but ... about halfway through Patrick Suskind's perfume:the story of a murderer. which is an especially brilliant book. I read Perfume: about 15 years ago maybe, and it has stuck in my mind ever since. Grisley. I really liked it at the time, and I am not much of a horror/grisley murder type reader. Give it a start, maybe you will like it. I purchased (at a thrift store) Perfume by Patrick Suskind which I've been meaning to read forever. It took me a while because a friend told me it disturbed her so greatly that it took her days to shake it off once she finished the book.
And, The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman ... ... Bronte
Demian by Hermann Hesse
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
A Mirror for Witches by Esther Forbes
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
Shield of Three Lions by Pamela Kaufman
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
... I'm glad you liked the Sea of Fertility series--I absolutely loved it.
I see you gave Perfume: The Story of a Murderer a weak review. It's one of the books I have lined up to read soon. Should I bump it down the list? Or does the writing make up for the weak plot? Kell - how did you find Perfume by Patrick Suskind? I read it a couple of years ago and I have to say I really struggled with it. I just couldn't seem to click into the voice and while I can often enjoy a book despite not liking or empathising with the protagonist (I didn't particularly ... ... 2008. Being my most favourite book of all time i'm very curious to see how it translates to big screen. I thought they did Perfume very well though, would be curious to see others feelings on it.
Also feel free to post any books that have been made into movies that you enjoyed. ... Saramago
23. Russian Gypsy Tales by Yefim Druts and Alexei Gessler
24. Bookstore Tourism by Larry Portzline
25. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
26. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
27. The Average Human by Ellen Potter
2 ... ... Brecht, Astrid Lindgren and Walter Moers because he cracks me up.
FAVORITE BOOK(s): Die Mitte der Welt, Das Parfum, Momo, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, House of Leaves, Sunshine and Harry Potter.
FAVORITE DRINK: Excentric fruit juices, preferably fresh, and Mario ... My favourite would be Perfume by Patrick Suskind, then Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. There are so many though, that are high up there, in different genres. ... the Olympic Games. As Lewycka was born in Germany, she's on my list for Germany (as was Patrick Suskind - I read Perfume earlier in the month). Finished Perfume tonight and have to say I was very impressed by it. It's surprisingly un-gruesome (I thought) and the characters are very appealing, despite the subject matter. Far richer than the film (although that's very enjoyable too)- I can highly recommend this one! 17. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Great imagery, writing .. but the plot (especially towards the end) was a little weak.
Am starting Perfume by Patrick Suskind this very week. I very recently watched the film and was absolutely captivated, despite the horror of the subject. Am very much looking forward to reading it... Decided to go with Perfume by Patrick Suskind next... >41: In German class. We read books from different time periods and Das Parfum was one of the choices for modern literature, if I remember correctly. I can't remember what the other choices were. I was around 18 or 19 at the time and it was by far the most interesting book on the whole list. Thalia (#40): Just curious here ... what class/school had you read Das Parfum? I read it in English, and it didn't exactly strike me as the kind of thing that would be taught in school. ... are just too many books I haven't read yet. One that I re-read occasionally and had to read for school about 5 times was Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind (touchstones doesn't want to load...). And Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse and Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka are two more from ... ... it takes me forever to read just one because i have like no time anymore but i love the series anyway. i'm going to read Perfume by Patrick Suskind and i'm really excited because the person who handed it to me told me it was really morbid and i love morbid books which some people think is ... It's either Patrick Süskind's The Perfume (unfortunately the German touchstone doesn't work) or Michael Ende's The Neverending Story (again, the German touchstone doesn't work). I read both books in German.
I love both books. I did have to read Das Parfum several times for school, but ... ... Frevisse Medieval Mystery series (I've read most of her later ones but our library doesn't have any of the first 6 or so!)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
and a couple of Christmas/Advent books and one homeschooling book.
Ouch. :oP
I finally went and saw The Perfume yesterday. It is one of my favorite books of all time so I was very curious and a little concerned that I would hate it. I knew that it is impossible to make the movie as good as the book as it is one of those books that I think are very hard to turn into a ... ... Station
The Chronicles of Narnia
Imajica
Snow White, Rose Red (and the whole series)
Bloodsucking Fiends
Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume
The Moor's Last Sigh
Grendel
The Witching Hour
I also have read the Sleeping Beauty novels and found the S/M elements a bit distrubing at first, but it made The Story of O less dauting. I also didn't care for Return to the Chateau as much as the original. I have all of the Anais Nin "Journal of Love" diaries except Nearer the Moon. ... franhigg: I think you have reached THE difficult part of Perfume but it does get better. ... up on books that are presents) and sailed through it!
And just to keep this relevant to the topic, I'm now reading Perfume by Patrick Suskind. So far (I'm about half-way through) it seems a real curate's egg of a book; I hope it improves.
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