Parfums - A Catalogue of Remembered Smells (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	MacLehose Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2014
Authors:	Philippe Claudel
Translators:	Euan Cameron
Dimensions:	199 x 147 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-85705-272-8
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85705-272-1
Barcode:	9780857052728

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