Brossura, 240 pagine
lingua Spanish
Pubblicato il 23 Ottobre 1994 da Planeta, Seix Barral.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders; pronounced [das paʁˈfɛ̃ː diː ɡəˈʃɪçtə ˈaɪ̯nəs ˈmœʁdɐs] (listen)) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meanings that scents may have. The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an unloved orphan in 18th-century France who is born with an exceptional sense of smell, capable of distinguishing a vast range of scents in the world around him. Grenouille becomes a perfumer but later becomes involved in murder when he encounters a young girl with an unsurpassed wondrous scent. With translations into 49 languages and more than 20 million copies sold worldwide to date, Perfume is one of the best-selling German novels of the 20th century. The title remained in bestseller lists for about nine years, and received almost unanimously positive national and international …
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders; pronounced [das paʁˈfɛ̃ː diː ɡəˈʃɪçtə ˈaɪ̯nəs ˈmœʁdɐs] (listen)) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meanings that scents may have. The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an unloved orphan in 18th-century France who is born with an exceptional sense of smell, capable of distinguishing a vast range of scents in the world around him. Grenouille becomes a perfumer but later becomes involved in murder when he encounters a young girl with an unsurpassed wondrous scent. With translations into 49 languages and more than 20 million copies sold worldwide to date, Perfume is one of the best-selling German novels of the 20th century. The title remained in bestseller lists for about nine years, and received almost unanimously positive national and international critical acclaim. It was translated into English by John E. Woods and won both the World Fantasy Award and the PEN Translation Prize in 1987. Some editions of the novel, including the first, have as their cover image Antoine Watteau's painting Jupiter and Antiope, which depicts a sleeping woman.
Ho fatto davvero fatica a leggere questo romanzo. A parte l'incredibile quantità di liste presenti, il problema è che per 3/4 racconta ben poche cose, non si capisce nemmeno benissimo dove voglia andare a parare. Poi, tutta la parte interessante del romanzo si svolge nelle ultime 35/40 pagine e lascia comunque piuttosto l'amaro in bocca.
Decisamente sopravvalutato.
Se si può definire un libro come "crudo" questo lo è sicuramente. Una descrizione diretta e senza filtri, a tratti crudele, della realtà più brutta di una terra che copre le sue "maleodoranti" realtà con profumi che rendono angelico persino un mostro.
Pretencioso y tedioso. Más que un libro parece un ejercicio literario.
Il libro preferito da Kurt Cobain. Tanto mi è bastato per acquistare la mia copia. Inizio folgorante, con la narrazione di una nascita nella Paigi sporca e puzzolente di qualche secolo fa. Poi, leggendo leggendo, la noia mi ha colto un pò, ma è passato tanto tempo e non riesco a capire se fossi un lettore peggiore di oggi o semplicemente più giovane e irrequieto. Inutile dire che lo rileggerò, ma con sicurezza non in questo 2020. Buona vita
