description: Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon is Patrick Süskind'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 hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover. When Jonathan opens his front door on a day he believes will be just like any other, he encounters not the desired empty hallway but an unwelcome, diabolical intruder . . .
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La paloma
titlecomplete: La paloma
characters: Jonathan Noel
genres: Fiction, Germany, German Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Novella, Contemporary, Short Stories, Classics, Novels
ratings_count: 18240
places: Paris
publisher: Seix Barral