EBOOK Perfume
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The Story of a Murderer
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind&'s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man&'s indulgence in his greatest passionhis sense of smellleads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime giftan absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille&'s genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the &';ultimate perfume&'the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance,Perfumeis a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.Translated from the German by John E. Woods.From the Trade Paperback edition.
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind&'s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man&'s indulgence in his greatest passionhis sense of smellleads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime giftan absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille&'s genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the &';ultimate perfume&'the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance,Perfumeis a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.Translated from the German by John E. Woods.From the Trade Paperback edition.