Suskind, Patrick
Perfume (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241420294
- author:
- Suskind, Patrick
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Crime, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Perfume is a darkly humorous tale of desire, obsession and death. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, abandoned as a baby, grows up to develop an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's.
He learns to exploit this gift in the art of creating sublime perfumes, but there is one scent he cannot capture: the scent of an innocent young virgin. To perfect his experiments, he must have this final ingredient, at any cost.
A fable of obsession and its consequences, Perfume is a bewitching story that explores the darker aspects of human nature.
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