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Patrick Süskind

Born

in Ambach, Bavaria, Germany

March 26, 1949

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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After spending the 1970s writing what he has characterized as “short unpublished prose pieces and longer un-produced screenplays”, Patrick Süskind was catapulted to fame in the 1980s by the monodrama Der Kontrabass (The Double Bass, 1981),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 Parfüm. Die Geschichte eines Mörders (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 · 594,406 ratings · 38,431 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.04 avg rating — 552,554 ratings — published 1985 — 53 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 — 23,314 ratings — published 1987 — 150 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 Süskind, Jean-Jacques Sempé (Illustrator), Michael Hofmann (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 7,307 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	El contrabajo 3.75 avg rating — 6,102 ratings — published 1981 — 6 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 — 3,016 ratings — published 1995 — 46 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 Süskind, Anthea Bell (Translator) 3.34 avg rating — 2,678 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 Süskind, Jean-Jacques Sempé (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 359 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 Vermächtnis des Maître Mussard 3.51 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1975 — 9 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
	هوس العمق by Patrick Süskind, طلعت الشايب (ترجمة) 3.31 avg rating — 103 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 Maître Mussard by Patrick Süskind, Anneriek de Jong (Translator) 3.23 avg rating — 52 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 Süskind, 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 Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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

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Historical Fiction is our genre for November. Please vote on which book you would like to read. Last day to vote is Friday, October 18.

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