Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer

patrick süskind

Herr Sommer läuft stumm, im Tempo eines Gehetzten, mit seinem leeren Rucksack und dem langen, merkwürdigen Spazierstock von Dorf zu Dorf, geistert durch die Landschaft und durch die Tag- und Alpträume eines kleinen Jungen. Erst als der kleine Junge schon nicht mehr auf Bäume klettert, entschwindet der geheimnisvolle Herr Sommer.

Genres fictiongerman literaturegermanyclassicscontemporarynovelsnovellaliteratureshort storiesyoung adult

125 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1991

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Format: 125 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1992 by The Open Books
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ASIN: B0DLT4Q6H8
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About the author

patrick süskind

From 1968-1974 he studied medieval and modern history in Munich and Aix-en-Provence. In the '80s he worked as a screenwriter, for Kir Royal and Monaco Franze among others.

After spending the 1970s writing what he has characterized as “short unpublished prose pieces and longer un-produced screenplays”, Patrick Süskind was catapulted to fame in the 1980s by the monodrama Der Kontrabass (The Double Bass, 1981), which became an instant success and a favourite of the German stage. In 1985 his status as literary wunderkind was confirmed with the publication of the novel Das Parfüm. Die Geschichte eines Mörders (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer), which quickly topped the European best-seller list and eventually sold millions of copies worldwide.