by Patrick Süskind · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432205514
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«El contrabajo» is the short novel by German writer Patrick Süskind, published by Seix Barral in paperback (92 pages, in Spanish).
A professional double bassist, locked in his soundproofed room, reflects in a monologue on his instrument, music, and his life. Süskind combines black humor and introspection to portray the solitude, frustration, and contradictions of one who has made the double bass his vocation.
Work originally published in German as «Der Kontrabass» in 1981; this Spanish edition, from the Biblioteca Breve collection, appeared in 1986.
Recommended for lovers of music and short fiction who enjoy characters devoted to a vocation.
Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.
