Perfume, by Patrick Süskind, German 1985: The Story of a Murderer: is about Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who the author strongly portrays as despicable and sub-human. He suffers from hyperosmia and has no body odour. Grenouille is only interesting in learning about and creating scents and has an incredible ability to distinguish individual scents even from great distances. He is repungnant to the others who meet him in France and he doesn't much mind as he is far more obsessed with obtainning and mastering the perfect scent - even if he has to murder to get it.

Nominated by: Folake

Presenter: Debra
Commenter: Volunteer needed

Date: 3 October 2012
Time: 19:15 sharp

Format:
1. Members introduction (5 minutes)
2. Club statistics (2 minutes)
3. Introducing interesting books (5 minutes)
4. Brief introduction of next book (2 minutes)
5. Book presentation (20-30 minutes)
– A brief history of author’s life
– A short summary of the book
– Main/new ideas that the book brought to the society at the time that it was written
– What were the major implications/reactions at the time that it was written?
– What are the major implications on our daily lives (if any)?
6. Group discussion led by the commentator (45-60 minutes), member’s personal view about the book, opposing ideas.

At the end of the meeting, a group of us goes to a bar nearby for a drink, everyone is welcome to join.

Venue: Librairie-café Les Recyclables: 53, rue de Carouge, Genève
Tram 12/13 arrêt Pont d'Arve ou Augustin,
Bus 1/4/44 arrêt Pont d'Arve ou Plainpalais,
Parking vélo devant l'arcade,
Parking voiture sous le centre commercial Plainpalais-centre

Note: reading the book is not a "must" to attend the meeting!

Look forward to see you all!

To purchase the hard copy, you can send an email to Grégory in Librairie-café Les Recyclables: [email protected]

To participate in the on-going book selection process:www.mostinfluentialbooks.com

To join the club: http://www.glocals.com/#/groups/geneva/geneva-book-club-group.htm
To see the upcoming events:https://sites.google.com/site/genevabookclubgbc/event/2012