German Quarterly, July 1st, 2005
Degler, Frank. Aisthetische Reduktionen. Analysen zu Patrick Süskinds "Der Kontrabaß," "Das Parfum," und "Rossini." Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003. 386 pp. euro98.00 hardcover. Given that Süskind has not published a literary work since the screenplay for Rossini (co-written with Helmut Dietl) in 1997, a comprehensive study of his Gesamtwerk seems viable at this point in time. This is what Degler offers: the first book-length analysis of the collected works of a writer who has penned some of the most popular literary texts of German postmodernism. Although Degler focuses mainly on Süskind's best...
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