Patrick S眉skind (Author of Perfume)

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Patrick S眉skind

Born

in Ambach, Bavaria, Germany

March 26, 1949

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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From 1968-1974 he studied medieval and modern history in Munich and Aix-en-Provence. In the '80s he worked as a screenwriter, for Kir Royal and Monaco Franze among others.

After spending the 1970s writing what he has characterized as 鈥渟hort unpublished prose pieces and longer un-produced screenplays鈥�, Patrick S眉skind was catapulted to fame in the 1980s by the monodrama Der Kontrabass (The Double Bass, 1981), which became an instant success and a favourite of the German stage. In 1985 his status as literary wunderkind was confirmed with the publication of the novel Das Parf眉m. Die Geschichte eines M枚rders (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer), which quickly topped the European best-seller list and eventually sold millions of copies worldwide.
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Average rating: 4.01 · 554,725 ratings · 34,061 reviews · 44 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.04 avg rating — 516,582 ratings — published 1985 — 327 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pigeon 3.71 avg rating — 21,481 ratings — published 1987 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Mr Sommer by Patrick S眉skind, Jean-Jacques Semp茅 (Illustrator), Michael Hofmann (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 6,952 ratings — published 1991 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El contrabajo 3.75 avg rating — 5,749 ratings — published 1981 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three stories and a reflection 3.58 avg rating — 2,852 ratings — published 1995 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Love and Death by Patrick S眉skind, Anthea Bell (Translator) 3.35 avg rating — 2,550 ratings — published 2005 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ein Kampf by Patrick S眉skind, Jean-Jacques Semp茅 (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Verm盲chtnis des Ma卯tre Mussard 3.50 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	賴賵爻丕賱毓賲賯 by Patrick S眉skind, 胤賱毓鬲丕賱卮丕賷亘 (鬲乇噩賲丞) 3.26 avg rating — 91 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De duif, en De erfenis van Ma卯tre Mussard by Patrick S眉skind, Anneriek de Jong (Translator) 3.24 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.”
― Patrick Suskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

tags: alone, solitude

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“...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”
― Patrick S眉skind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

tags: experience, hard-work, humility, talent

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“Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.”
― Patrick S眉skind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

tags: odor, odors, perfume, perfumery, scent, sense-of-smell

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883), 311 pages, last read 2011

48 votes, 21.0%

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) 180 pages, last read Jan 2015

45 votes, 19.7%

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958) 209 pages, last read Feb. 2015

45 votes, 19.7%

Les Mis茅rables by Victor Hugo (1862) 869 pages, Last read Oct. 2014

34 votes, 14.8%

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick S眉skind (1985) 263 pages, last read in July 2015

29 votes, 12.7%

Beowulf by Unknown (900) 160 pages, last read April 2015.

28 votes, 12.2%

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