Bücher von Patrick Süskind

In eighteenth-century France there lived a man Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"-the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

18. yüzyil, Fransa. Kitabin kahramani Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, tüm insancil duygulardan yoksun, yalnizca kokulara karsi görülmedik ölcüde duyarli, istedigi kokulari üretebilmek icin cinayet islemekten bile cekinmeyen biridir. Herkesin, her seyin kokusunu alma, diledigi tüm kokulari üretme konusunda gercek bir dahi olan bu genc adamin, kendi kokusunun olmadigini, bu nedenle insanlarin kendisinden koku alamadiklarini anladigi gün dünyasi basina yikilir. Tek cikar yol, baskalarina varligini hatirlatacak kokular sürünmektir.Toplum icinde bir birey olarak var olamamis; ama kendi benligi disinda her istedigini yaratabilmis bir dahiyi sergileyen bu görkemli alegorinin olaganüstü akicilikla erisilen son bölümü, benzeri herhalde ancak Kafkanin eserinde görülebilecek bir insanlik tragedyasinin anlatisidir.

Dieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Textausgabe: Patrick Süskind: Das Parfum. Diogenes Verlag. ISBN 978-3-257-22800-7