PERFUME: THE STORY OF MURDER

图书标准信息

• 作者 Patrick Suskind 著
• 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• 出版时间 1986-09
• ISBN 9780394550848
• 定价 231.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Theyearis1738;theplace,Paris.Ababyisbornunderafish-monger’sbloodytableinamarketplace,andabandoned.Orphaned,passedovertothemonksasacharitycase,alreadythereissomethingintheauraofthetinyinfantthatisunsettling.Noonewilllookafterhim;heissomehowtoodemanding,and,evenmoredisturbing,somethingismissing:ashiswetnursetriestoexplain,hedoesn’tsmellthewayababyshouldsmell;indeed,hehasnoscentatall.

Slowly,aswewatchJean-BaptisteGrenouilleclingstubbornlytolife,webegintorealizethatamonsterisgrowingbeforeoureyes.Withmountingunease,yethypnotized,weseehimexplorehispowersandtheireffectontheworldaroundhim.Forthisdarkandsinisterboywhohasnosmellhimselfpossessesanabsolutesenseofsmell,andwithithecanreadtheworldtodiscoverthehiddentruthsthateludeordinarymen.Hecansmelltheverycompositionofobjects,andtheirhistory,andwheretheyhavebeen,hehasnoneedofthelight,anddarknessisnotdarktohim,becausenothingcanmasktheodorsoftheuniverse.

Asheleaveschildhoodbehindandcomestounderstandhisterribleuniqueness,hisobsessionbecomesthequesttoidentify,andthentoisolate,themostperfectscentofall,thescentoflifeitself.

Atfirst,hehoneshispowers,learningtheancientartsofperfume-makinguntiltheexquisitefragranceshecreatesaretherageofParis,andindeedEurope.Then,secureinhismasteryofthesemeanstoanend,hewithdrawsintoastrangeandagonizedsolitude,waiting,dreaming,untilthemorningwhenhewakes,readytoembarkonhismonstrousquest:tofindandextractfromthemostperfectlivingcreatures—themostbeautifulyoungvirginsintheland—thatultimateperfumewhichalonecanmakehim,too,fullyhuman.Ashistrailleadshim,atanever-quickeningpace,fromhissavageexiletotheheartofthecountryandthenbacktoParis,wearecaughtupinarisingstormofterrorandmortalsensualconquestuntilthefrenzyofhisfinaltriumphexplodesinallitshorrifyingconsequences.

Toldwithdazzlingnarrativebrillianceandthehauntingpowerofagrown-upfairytale,Perfumeisoneofthemostremarkablenovelsofthelastfiftyyears.

【作者简介】

PatrickSüskindwasborninAmbach,nearMunich,in1949.Afteraproblemwithhishandsmadeitimpossibleforhimtopursuehisambitionsasaconcertpianist,SüskindenrolledintheUniversityofMunich,wherehestudiedmedievalandmodernhistory.Hisfirstplay,TheDoubleBass,writtenin1980,becameaninternationalsuccess,performedinGermany,inSwitzerland,attheEdinburghFestival,inLondon,andattheNewTheatreinBrooklyn.Hisfirstnovel,Perfume,becameagloballyacclaimedbestsellerwithmorethanfifteenmillioncopiessoldworldwide.Mr.SüskindlivesandwritesinMunich.