An intimate exploration of inspiration and creativity, from the "parfumeur exclusif" of the house of Hermès. A scent has incantatory powers, capable of transporting you to your past, of kindling fantasies, of creating a vivid mise en scène—literally out of thin air. In the hands of the truly great, perfume creation is a kind of alchemy. Where does inspiration for this visceral...(展开全部)

The French bestseller The Diary of a Nose is the story behind the creation of a perfume, from the head perfumer at Hermès. Perfume creation is an exclusive and secretive endeavour. What is day to day life like for a perfume-maker? How does the creation of a new scent begin? How do you capture the essence of a smell on the skin? For one year, Jean-Claude Ellena kept a diary of h...(展开全部)

An intimate exploration of inspiration and creativity, from the "parfumeur exclusif" of the house of Hermès. A scent has incantatory powers, capable of transporting you to your past, of kindling fantasies, of creating a vivid mise en scène—literally out of thin air. In the hands of the truly great, perfume creation is a kind of alchemy. Where does inspiration for this visceral...(展开全部)

The French bestseller The Diary of a Nose is the story behind the creation of a perfume, from the head perfumer at Hermès. Perfume creation is an exclusive and secretive endeavour. What is day to day life like for a perfume-maker? How does the creation of a new scent begin? How do you capture the essence of a smell on the skin? For one year, Jean-Claude Ellena kept a diary of h...(展开全部)

V.S.奈保尔（V.S.Naipaul） 英国著名作家。1932年生于特立尼达岛上一个印度移民家庭，1950年进入牛津大学攻读英国文学，毕业后迁居伦敦。50年代开始写作，作品以小说、游记、文论为主，主要有《毕司沃斯先生的房子》、《米格尔街》、《自由国度》、《河湾》与“印度三部曲”等。作品在全球享有盛誉，半个世纪里，将里斯奖、毛姆奖、史密斯奖、布克奖、大卫•柯恩文学奖等一一收入囊中。1990年，被英女王封为爵士。2001年，荣获诺贝尔文学奖。同年《半生》出版。

In a narrative that moves with dreamlike swiftness from India to England to Africa, Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul has produced his finest novel to date, a bleakly resonant study of the fraudulent bargains that make up an identity. The son of a Brahmin ascetic and his lower-caste wife, Willie Chandran grows up sensing the hollowness at the core of his father's self-denial and vo...(展开全部)

V.S.奈保尔（V.S.Naipaul） 英国著名作家。1932年生于特立尼达岛上一个印度移民家庭，1950年进入牛津大学攻读英国文学，毕业后迁居伦敦。50年代开始写作，作品以小说、游记、文论为主，主要有《毕司沃斯先生的房子》、《米格尔街》、《自由国度》、《河湾》与“印度三部曲”等。作品在全球享有盛誉，半个世纪里，将里斯奖、毛姆奖、史密斯奖、布克奖、大卫•柯恩文学奖等一一收入囊中。1990年，被英女王封为爵士。2001年，荣获诺贝尔文学奖。同年《半生》出版。

In a narrative that moves with dreamlike swiftness from India to England to Africa, Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul has produced his finest novel to date, a bleakly resonant study of the fraudulent bargains that make up an identity. The son of a Brahmin ascetic and his lower-caste wife, Willie Chandran grows up sensing the hollowness at the core of his father's self-denial and vo...(展开全部)

寫作長達45年的文學大師，英語文學最受矚目的作家，透過精準自持、含蓄優雅的語言，糅合經驗與想像，述說一個世人皆可感的雋永旅程。 威利誕生於階級嚴明的印度，父親因響應甘地的號召，捨棄婆羅門種姓和較低階層的母親結婚。威利帶著混雜的血統從印度鄉下飛往繁華倫敦，發現自己不只面對血統的衝突，還有外來移民的陰影，不過這些都化成他寫作的泉源。

寫作長達45年的文學大師，英語文學最受矚目的作家，透過精準自持、含蓄優雅的語言，糅合經驗與想像，述說一個世人皆可感的雋永旅程。 威利誕生於階級嚴明的印度，父親因響應甘地的號召，捨棄婆羅門種姓和較低階層的母親結婚。威利帶著混雜的血統從印度鄉下飛往繁華倫敦，發現自己不只面對血統的衝突，還有外來移民的陰影，不過這些都化成他寫作的泉源。