Ingmar - 22 June 2007 09:30 PM
But than I never cared much for Süskind anyway.
I thought that the book was very, very special. Scent is one of the more powerful of the senses, yet it is often completely overlooked in literature, or used sporadically when the author is attempting to convey the deliciousness of a meal or the unappealing qualities of a vagrant.
Unfortunately, even though the use of scent in Purfume tickled my olfactory and literary senses and sensibilities, it was a pretty crap book. Haha.