The Story of Mr Sommer
Encyclopedia
The Story of Mr Sommer is a novella
by the German
writer Patrick Süskind
.
The story portrays the childhood of a boy in a small village in Germany
. The appearance
of the bizarre Mr. Sommer serves mainly as a background to narrate the inner life and the feelings of a
young boy.
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
writer Patrick Süskind
Patrick Süskind
Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter.- Life and work :The public knows little about Patrick Süskind. He has withdrawn from the literary scene in Germany and never grants interviews or allows photos. He was born in Ambach am Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany...
.
The story portrays the childhood of a boy in a small village in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The appearance
of the bizarre Mr. Sommer serves mainly as a background to narrate the inner life and the feelings of a
young boy.
Books
- Patrik Süskind: The story of Mr. Sommer Paperback, Bloomsbury Publishing 2003, ISBN 0747566755
- (with illustrations by Sempé)