by Patrick Süskind · Planeta Publishing · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432228032
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«El perfume: historia de un asesino» is the suspense novel by Patrick Süskind, published by Planeta Publishing in hardcover (256 pages, in Spanish).
In 18th-century Paris, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born without his own scent but with a prodigious sense of smell capable of perceiving any aroma. His obsession with creating the perfect essence leads him to commit atrocious crimes: he kills young maidens to capture their fragrance. A fable about the power of smell, identity, and the abysses of desire.
Work included in the Biblioteca Formentor collection as volume 1. The novel received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1987.
For readers of crime fiction, suspense, and historical fiction, as well as for those who want to discover the work that inspired the movie of the same name.
Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.
