by Patrick Süskind · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432216060
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«El perfume: Historia de un asesino» is the novel by Patrick Süskind, published by Seix Barral in paperback (239 pages, in Spanish).
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in eighteenth-century Paris, possesses an extraordinary sense of smell that allows him to perceive scents no one else can distinguish, though he himself lacks any bodily odor. His ambition to create the perfect fragrance leads him to master the art of perfumery and to cross a tragic line: capturing the essence of young girls at the cost of their lives.
The work was originally published in German as «Das Parfum» in 1985 and received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1987.
For readers of historical fiction and psychological thrillers, especially those seeking classics of twentieth-century 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.
