Parfums - A Catalogue of Remembered Smells
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| Verlag | Quercus |
| Auflage | 2015 |
| Seiten | 176 |
| Format | 13 x 19,8 x 1,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 126 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1782066160 |
| EAN | 9781782066163 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78206616UA |
A startlingly original sensory memoir from the prize-winning author and director
Klappentext:
From the sizzling sharpness of freshly cut garlic to the cool tang of a father's aftershave; the heady intoxication of a fumbled first kiss to the anodyne void of disinfectant and death, this is a decadently original olfactory memoir.
In sixty-three elusive episodes we roam freely across the countryside of Lorraine, North-East France, from kitchen to farm to a lover's bed. Recognising the bittersweet nostalgia of a scent that slips away on the summer breeze, Claudel demonstrates again his impeccable grasp of the personal and the universal, interweaved with a rare, self-deprecating charm.
This is an evocative patchwork at once earthy and ethereal, erotic and heart-breaking. Claudel permits us a glimpse of moments that have driven him to delight or despair, creating through the fading aromas of the past fragments of humour, insight and quite intangible beauty.
