Amandine reviewed Le parfum by Patrick Süskind
Fascinante
5 stars
La descripción de los olores cotidianos de este libro me pareció fascinante.
Paperback, 272 pages
Published March 1, 2010 by imusti, Penguin Books.
Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill...
Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's. Soon, he is creating the most sublime fragrances in all the city. Yet there is one odour he cannot capture. It is exquisite, magical: the scent of a young virgin. And to get it he must kill. And kill. And kill...
La descripción de los olores cotidianos de este libro me pareció fascinante.
Pretencioso y tedioso. Más que un libro parece un ejercicio literario.
La descripción de los olores cotidianos de este libro me pareció fascinante.
Excellent book.