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Costa's Audio Book “CAB” presents
Patrick Süskind "Perfume: The story of a Murderer" 40th Anniversary
Translated by John E. Woods

《讀你聽2.2》祝賀蛇年呈獻
《香水：一個謀殺犯的故事》四十周年紀念
德國作家Patrick Süskind 於1985年創作的歷史奇幻小說
探討嗅覺與氣味對情感的意義
故事主角出生於十八世紀巴黎 備受冷落的孤兒
擁有異常敏銳的嗅覺
能分辨世界上的無數氣味 成為一名香水師
當他遇上一位擁有無比奇妙香氣的少女後
不由自主捲入了謀殺漩渦
本作已被翻譯成四十九種語言 全球銷量超過兩千萬本
是二十世紀最暢銷的德語小說之一
1987年榮獲世界奇幻文學獎和 PEN 翻譯獎
附注：2025年度周年紀念作 包括
Perfume, The Great Gatsby, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Don Quixote Volume I & II, Metamorphosis, Jane Eyre, The Brothers Karamazov

注意：内文含有敏感情節 敬請留意
Part III, 37- 42
00:20 三十七 春夏兩季工作繁忙 主角一邊趕工 另一邊不忘偷學提煉香精方法 略有所成 至秋冬 主管入贅 主角職位雖有提升 然而待遇照舊 他刻意回避衆人目光和注意 專注自己的事
09:14 三十八 提煉出四種體味 令自己悄然融入人群 稍為提高存在感 博取他人同情 或令對方生人勿近 繼而由死物發展至提煉動物 棒殺小狗 再來是暗裏在酒場 教堂 偷放布料吸取氣味 最後是裹屍布 效果認證了主角可以偷取人味
23:24 三十九 一年過去 主角重回當日“邂逅”紅髮女孩的牆外 欣喜的聞到成長漸趨完美的氣味 自顧許下再等一年的諾言 哪怕猶如世上一切美好 香水會很快消逝 他寧可曾經擁有 誓要做出巔峰之作 隨即苦心研究香水輔料
34:16 四十 先後二十四名女屍出現鎮中各處 大多黑髮 貌美 身材偏瘦的妙齡少女 頭髮被削 赤裸 事件震撼社會各階層 無關者被誤會 甚至誤殺 由於找不出凶手 百姓抨擊議會 無可奈何只好請求教會詛咒 直至凶案發生到別鎮 方告平息
45:02 四十一 Antoine憑著驚人財富和謀略 雄踞地方 他覬覦爵位 不單要利用女兒婚約拉攏貴族 還想再婚 誕下兩子以鞏固家業 面對連續殺人案 他長期對女兒的扭曲壓抑面臨崩潰 他最終要面對女兒長大 因其美貌而接踵而來的追求者
51:30 四十二 Antoine嘗試代入殺人凶手思維 推斷出所有死者只是前戲 最終目標必然是自己女兒 他一方面欣賞凶手的品味 另一方面鞭撻自己 假想這是生意上競爭 要贏 必須棋高一着 快人一步想出對策 想到這裏 仿佛好整以暇

Main Characters (in order of appearance)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - gifted yet deeply disturbed, an orphan with extraordinary sense of smell
Father Terrier - a priest, briefly cares for Grenouille as a baby but is eager to rid himself of the unnerving babe
Madame Gaillard - cold and detached caretaker, took care of Grenouille after Terrier for a few years, driven by practicality rather than affection, died penniless
Grimal - a harsh and exploitative tanner, traded Grenouille from Gaillard as cheap labor, later traded him off for 20 gold, soon drowned drunk
Giuseppe Baldini - perfumer and glover, while his odor collection exceeds his capacity, struggles to create new perfume, he then made a fortune and fame by using Grenouille, after releasing his piper, died of building collapse
Marquis Taillade-Espinasse - Retired from court life at Versailles to pursue fluidum vitale, deeply attached to Grenouille as test subject and later an equal, died in the snow mountains from pursuing eternal life
Redheaded girl, Laure Richis - coming of age aristocrat, embodiment of beauty, possess celestial scent that captivates Grenouille, thus desired for his ultimate creation
Madame Arnulfi - barely thirty, widow of perfumer with sound business sense, later marries her journeyman Druot, leaving delicate decisions to Grenouille
Antoine Richis - second consul, influential, authoritative and aristocratic father and widower, protective of and obsessed with Laure's well-being, disbelief in the efficacy of the church and take the murder cases into his own hands

Other characters: Grenouille's mother, La Fosse the officer, Jeanne Bussie the wet nurse, Jacques Lorreur the helper, teenage girl with alluring scent, Chenier the assistant, Count Verhamont, Pélissier the perfumer, Count d’Argenson, Feydeau de Brou, Giuseppe's wife Teresa, Runel, Dominique Druot the journeyman then perfumer, woolen draper Alexandre Misnard, baron de Bouyon

Costa's notes
Enfleurage n the extraction of essential oils and perfumes from flowers using odourless animal or vegetable fats 香精提煉 (ong fleur raage, french)
Gossamer n a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn 蛛絲 遊絲 (Goss sem mer)
Take careful pains = painstaking adj done with or employing great care and thoroughness
Ave Maria n a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in Catholic worship. The first line is adapted from Luke 1:28 聖母頌 (Avey maria)
Cassia n the aromatic bark of an East Asian tree, yielding an inferior kind of cinnamon which is sometimes used to adulterate true cinnamon 桂皮 (Cass sia)
Finery n expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration 華麗服飾
Ladanum n a gum resin obtained from the twigs of a southern European rock rose, used in perfumery and for fumigation 乳香樹脂 (Lad den num)
Acme n the point at which something is at its best or most highly developed 頂峰 頂點 (ack me like acne)
Adjuvant n a substance that enhances the body's immune response to an antigen 佐劑 輔藥 (ad ju vent)
Impotent adj unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless 無能
Nostrum n a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective 無牌藥 (nos strum)
Temporal adj relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs, secular; relating to time; of or situated in the temples of the head 現世 (Tem por ral)
Anathema n a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine; something or someone that one vehemently dislikes 詛咒 逐出教會 (an Nath them ma)
Latifundium n (latifundia pl) a large landed estate or ranch in ancient Rome or more recently in Spain or Latin America, typically worked by peasants or slaves 莊園 (la ti Fun dium)
Auburn adj, n (of hair) of a reddish-brown colour 紅褐色頭髮 (Aw burn)
Mutatis mutandis latin n appropriate adjustments; although the situations might differ (murderer vs. business), the principle of putting oneself in someone else's position remains the same
Tooth and claw idiom to fight or cling to something with all the might, using every possible means available, like a desperate animal

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