by Patrick Süskind · Diogenes Verlag AG,Switzerland · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257016789
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«Das Parfum» is the historical novel by Patrick Süskind, published by Diogenes in paperback (319 pages, in German).
Set in 18th-century France, it follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an orphan born at a Paris fish stall with an exceptional gift: an absolute sense of smell, but no body odour of his own. His obsession with capturing and creating perfect scents leads him from the darkest alleys to a perfumer's workshops, and down a path of crimes in pursuit of the «definitive perfume».
The novel was originally published in 1985 and appears with the subtitle «Die Geschichte eines Mörders». It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1987.
For readers of historical fiction and psychological suspense, and for students of German; it is common reading in German schools.
Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.
