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

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The Story of a Murderer

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

Perfume

The Story of a Murderer

  • 3.8 (62 ratings) ·
  • 532 Want to read
  • 29 Currently reading
  • 99 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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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
272

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Pachnidło
Pachnidło: [historia pewnego mordercy]
2008, Świat Książki
in Polish
Cover of: Perfume
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006, Penguin Books, Penguin
Paperback in English
Cover of: El perfume
El perfume: Historia de un asesino
2006, Booket, Seix Barral
Paperback in Spanish
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: Perfume
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
February 13, 2001, Vintage
in English
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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"In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages."

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Open Library
OL7426978M
ISBN 10
0375725849
ISBN 13
9780375725845
Library Thing
36980
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231565

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