2006 books
92) Patrick Süskind, On Love and Death, 2005
A long anecdotal essay on Süskind's two favourite topics and the modes of thought that link them. It's not so much a formulated argument but more of an exploration, touching on Plato, Eros and the European romanticism of Goethe and Baudelaire, and by the end it seems entirely right that Süskind has more respect for the myth of Orpheus than he does for the sanctioned fictions surrounding Jesus Christ. But it's rambling and inconclusive, and I was looking forward to something more substantial than what Süskind has to offer here.