Born
in 1949, Patrick Süskind is a German writer and filmmaker. It is often said
that Perfume is a classic because it is read in schools. What exactly defines a
classic? I have no idea. (This is the kind of questions my teachers would like
to ask in an essay.) I read this book by myself (not for a class). It was fabuloso.
The
story begins in the eighteenth century. From the first page, I was enveloped of
the era, charmed by the appearances of an unwanted child in an unfriendly
world, a child which I subsequently followed the course of his life, to realize
that he was a murderer. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a more developed olfactory
ability than anyone else. As he discovers the smells that surround his life, I
discovered mines. This novel will make you aware of your surroundings as you
have never been: by using your nose. This is with a sustained slowness that I
enjoyed the life of Grenouille, and the writing all in style of Süskind, to eventually
devour the last pages as if there was no tomorrow. It is fervently that I wanted
to love Grenouille that will soon succeed to create a perfect perfume: the one
that would rules the world. "Will he succeed? And if so, how will he use
it? " I questioned myself. Because we often mistakenly believe that odors
have no influence on our lives, but Süskind will demonstrate otherwise, will
make you doubt your own perceptions of beauty and ugliness; of love and hate.
And
the end ... what an ending! An end that opens the door to question who we
really are as men and women in society; an end that questions the true love:
what it really is? Are we able of it?
If
you like...
…
Fine words, neither too long nor too short sentences, concrete, but poetic
writing;
...
To put yourself in the shoes of a murderer;
...
To try to understand a new way of seeing the world;
This
book is for you!
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