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Parfums
A Catalogue of Remembered Smells
18,19 € |
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Verlag: | Maclehose Press |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 02.10.2014 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781782066156 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 176 |
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Beschreibungen
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.