Perfume : the story of a murderer / Patrick Süskind ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.
By: Süskind, Patrick.
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BookPublisher: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1986Edition: 1st American ed.Description: 255 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0394550846 :.Uniform titles: Parfum. English Subject(s): Perfumes -- Fiction | Murderers -- France -- Fiction | Odors -- Fiction | France -- FictionDDC classification: 833/.914 Summary: In 1738, an orphaned child is given to the monks as a charity case. Although he has no smell at all himself, he possesses an absolute sense of smell. He can smell the very composition of objects, and their history.
Translation of: Das Parfum.
Wilson's Fiction
Library Journal
In 1738, an orphaned child is given to the monks as a charity case. Although he has no smell at all himself, he possesses an absolute sense of smell. He can smell the very composition of objects, and their history.
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