by Patrick Süskind · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408462125
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«El perfume» is the historical novel by Patrick Süskind, published by Planeta in hardback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 18th-century France, it tells the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, gifted with a prodigious sense of smell but lacking his own scent. From a miserable childhood he rises to become a perfumer; his obsession with capturing the perfect essence drags him into a spiral of crimes.
Volume 32 of the Contemporary International Classics collection. Work originally published as «Das Parfum» (1985), translated by Pilar Giralt Gorina.
A work for readers of historical fiction and thriller, and for those seeking a classic of German literature.
Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.
