Parfums
A Catalogue of Remembered Smells
$26.95
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2015
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782066163 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782066160 |
| Author: | Philippe Claudel, Professor Euan Cameron |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 124g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 11mm |
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About The Author
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel is a university lecturer, novelist and scriptwriter. He has written 14 novels that have been translated into various languages. He was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe in 1962 where he still lives. Claudel says that he woke up one morning with the opening sentence of Brodeck’s Report in his head: My name is Brodeck and I am not responsible.
John Cullen is the translator of more than 15 books from French, Spanish, Italian and German. He has twice been shortlisted for the IMPAC award, and was also shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger in 2007.
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