Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay rated Perfume: 5 stars
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Das Parfum, a contemporary novel, which at first sight stands out for the extensive and astonishing descriptions it contains, …
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Das Parfum, a contemporary novel, which at first sight stands out for the extensive and astonishing descriptions it contains, …
En 1327, quatre enfants sont les témoins d'une poursuite meurtrière dans les bois : un chevalier tue deux soldats au …
Hemingway's profile of the Lost Generation captures life among the expatriates on Paris' Left Bank during the 1920s, the brutality …
Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?
Simply, no. None of these factors …
Really good book. A synthesis of mankind's history. My only complaint is that the author was a little too complacent with capitalism - though he does describe its negative side - and didn't write any line about socialism or communism, mixing both when mentioning them, and not going through the causes of its (their) arguably failure.
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books', a labyrinthine library of …
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to …
Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense—a masterful novel of "political intrigue and philosophy, romance and noir" (Vogue) and …
"New translation of Machado's famous novel is for the most part faithful and readable. However, work has occasional odd errors …