The world famous author of the novel «Perfume» Patrick Suskind chose the life of a recluse. He is reluctant to give interviews, preferring to hide from the public not only his private life, but also his thoughts, feelings, memories.
The world famous author of the novel «Perfume» Patrick Suskind chose the life of a recluse. He is reluctant to give interviews, preferring to hide from the public not only his private life, but also his thoughts, feelings, memories. In this context, the Tale of Herr Sommer, lyrical and imbued with aching longing for a bygone childhood, allows us to lift the curtain for a moment and look into the soul of the great writer. A little boy lives in a house by the lake, goes to school through the forest, falls in love with a pretty classmate, builds a treehouse… However, there is something (or rather, someone) that brings an element of anxiety into his calm life — this is the mysterious Mr. Sommer. As an eternal wanderer, he rushes around the neighborhood with a large stick in his hand, awakening curiosity in the inhabitants in half with fear. Acquaintance with this man and his strange, absurd death become a kind of catalyst that accelerates the maturation of the protagonist, and a universal metaphor that describes his entire future life.
Alphabet, 128 p.