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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Süskind bleibt Süskind</strong><br/><br/>Patrick Süskind gilt für mich als einer der größten Erzähler aller Zeiten. Das liegt vor allem daran, dass seine Ausdrucksweise einzigartig ist; er ist ein Sprachkünstler der Seinesgleichen sucht. Mit diesem Werk zeigte er wieder einmal wie großartig seine ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39872050">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, I suppose you could say I read the book. And I liked it. One of those books that actually dosen't have meaning if you don't think her over afterwards. So here's my thinking about her. In the beginig, story is fictional. It goes on about flying, climbing on very high trees, and it's very natureal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40889656">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nach meiner überaus vergnüglichen Erfahrung mit <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Patrick Süskind" title=" Patrick Süskind"> Patrick Süskind</a> und seinem Roman <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Das Parfum" title=" Das Parfum"> Das Parfum</a> wollte ich unbedingt noch mehr von Süskind kennenlernen. Das erste was mir in der Stadtbücherei in die Hände fiel, war dieses Hörbuch (wiederum gelesen vom exzellenten Hans Korte).<br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer" title=" Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer"> Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6592996">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novella is an accelerated Bildungsroman (there is only so much ground you can cover in 129 pages).  Süskind wastes no time in wrapping his narrative fingers around pretty serious topics: loneliness, prejudice, depression, and suicide.  The pervasive presence of Herr Sommer functions on both re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10194170">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[rather interesting to read how a small person view our world.<br/>sometimes I'm like a Sommer, I want everybody to leave me, not to ask stupid, personal questions and just let me live.<br/>Mr.Sommer is tired of all of people.<br/>Read it and you'll understand that Suskind can tell most of all you...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76690105">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read, it's simple and complex at the same time. Bits of childhood nostalgia sprinkled throughout. The character of Mr. Summer elicits compassion. Lovely illustrations.  Despite the pics I don't recommend it to kids, it's a bit to deep for that - I'd say age 13 and up. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of the joy in reading books for a second, third, umpteenth time is that you can come away with an improved understanding. One book I read a few years ago was Patrick Süskind’s The Story Of Mr Sommer (1991). Back then, I remember being underwhelmed by its relatively simple story and, to be ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32843136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful little book. Beautiful to tears. <br/>It will remind you your childhood, the sunny afternoons playing until drop, the magical first love and everything good that happens in that age. It'll put a smile in your face for sure.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Summer's Story left me with a feeling that took me a while to identify, and I'm still unsure of what Suskind's must have been when he wrote the book. Mr. Summer could represent many things. I'm sure that if I read this review after reading the book again, I would find this commentary to be entir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5224295">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[it always makes me cry when the boy tells about his old days on trees.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A charming little tale that is suprisingly deep for its short length.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the Chinese version of this book.<br/>It's a narrative from a school boy about his own life as a young boy, which happened to intersect with Mr. Sommer (monsieur Sommer)'s life several times. Therefore in this book, we observe Mr. Sommer through the eyes of this boy.<br/><br/>This book is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3403137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is just short story about a boy, but this book has many things inside of it. This tells a growing up boy, how people make gossip and also a life. Mr. Sommer appears at the title of this book, but he didn't mentioned often in the book. As matter of fact he shows one kind of life. Although he doesn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16544647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The simplest stories can have the deepest meanings. I can't believe the author of Perfume could put together this book. The illustrations are beautiful -- made we want to look up the illustrator Sempe.<br/>]]></body>
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  <title>Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer (Fiction, Poetry &amp; Drama)</title>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is the first book i ever read in german. for a 6th grader, this book gets pretty intense about death and mourning. an attempt to be like roald dahl.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorites. It's from the point of view of someone looking back at their childhood. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite books! <br/>Very easy read.. I read it in Korean when I was a kid. ]]></body>
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    <review id="7981025">
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    <body><![CDATA[Slightly strange, quirky and whimsical, with enough of a dark edge to keep you wondering.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute little book, but so true.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[lovely]]></body>
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