Der Duft des Lebens

"Sometimes what you find is not what you are looking for, but what you need." C.M. Bagus The young glassblower Aviv is commissioned by the shady doctor Kaminski to produce fifty glass vials. Kaminski hatches a sinister plan to steal the souls of the dying in order to create his own, a perfect one. Ever since he discovered why he is incapable of any kind of love, he has been haunted by the suspicion that others are more than he is, more human. However, Aviv uncovers the doctor's schemes, and a race for life and death begins. Will he succeed in freeing the souls trapped in the vials? The insights Aviv gathers during his discoveries lead him to a deeper understanding of what it means to be human. After her successful debut, Clara Maria Bagus once again demonstrates with unexpected depth in her new novel how everyone...