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Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, "The Pigeon" is Patrick Suskind's tense, disturbing follow-up to the bestselling "Perfume". The novella tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard, Jonathan Noel, who has been... read more
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Characters edit
- Jonathan Noel: Bank guard in Paris.
- Madame Rocard: Concierge at Jonathan's building on rue de la Planche.
- Jeannine Topell: Seamstress at the Bon Marché.
- Monsieur Roedel: President of the bank.
- Monsieur Vilman: Vice-President of the bank.
- Marie Baccouche: Jonathan's former wife from Lauris, brought to him in an marriage arranged by his uncle in Puget.
- Madame Lassalle: A neighbour of Jonathan's in the rue de la Planche.
- Monsieur Rigaud: A neighbour of Jonathan's in the rue de la Planche.
- Madame Roques: Head cashier at the bank.
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At the time the pigeon affair overtook him, unhinging his life from one day to the next, Jonathan Noel, already past fifty, could look back over a good twenty-year period of total uneventfulness and would never have expected anything of importance could ever overtake him again - other than death some day.
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This is book 215 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Passion, and followed by The Child in Time.
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Original Language: German
Publisher: Diogenes Verlag AG
Country: Switzerland
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 88
Publisher: Diogenes Verlag AG
Country: Switzerland
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 88
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- Dewey: 813
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