An edition of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1985)

El perfume

Historia de un asesino

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An edition of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1985)

El perfume

Historia de un asesino

  • 3.8 (61 ratings) ·
  • 530 Want to read
  • 29 Currently reading
  • 98 Have read

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Set in eighteenth-century France, the classic novel that 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.

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Publisher
Booket
Language
Spanish
Pages
320

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Edition Availability
Cover of: El perfume
El perfume: Historia de un asesino
2011, Booket
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Pachnidło
Pachnidło: [historia pewnego mordercy]
2008, Świat Książki
in Polish
Cover of: El perfume
El perfume: Historia de un asesino
2006, Booket, Seix Barral
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Perfume
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006, Penguin Books, Penguin
Paperback in English
Cover of: Xiang shui
Xiang shui: yi ge mou sha fan de gu shi = Das parfum
2005, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Le parfum
Le parfum: histoire d'un meurtrier : roman
2003, Fayard, Livre de Poche
in French
Cover of: Perfume
Perfume: the story of a murderer
2001, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
Cover of: Parfi︠u︡mer
Parfi︠u︡mer: istorii︠a︡ odnogo ubiĭt︠s︡y : roman
1999, Azbuka, Amfora
in Russian
Cover of: Das Parfum
Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders
December 31, 1998, Diogenes Verlag AG
Paperback in German
Cover of: Das Parfum
Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders
June 1994, Diogenes
Paperback in German
Cover of: El perfume
El perfume: Historia de un asesino
1992, RBA
Hardcover in Spanish

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Published in
Barcelona, España
Translation Of
Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders
Translated From
German

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
320

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31455703M
ISBN 13
9788432251146

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