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One Man Comes to Life with the Aid of a Pigeon,
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This review is from: Le Pigeon (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
Darker than Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and more upbeat than Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," "The Pigeon" explores the internal crisis and ultimate redemption of Jonathan Noel. Noel is a man who up until now has lead a very organized, mundane, non-spectacular life in which his main goal is to avoid notice. He has concluded that " you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length." One morning a pigeon appears at his doorway, shattering his careful calm routine and throwing him into a tailspin. Over the next 24 hours he undergoes a complete awakening. As "The Pigeon" opens he is almost a non-person; by the end of the book he has learned to enjoy his meager life. In a sense, "The Pigeon" is almost "Mrs. Dalloway," read backwards.I liked "The Pigeon," though it reads like a play. I read an English translation but the language and descriptions were rich and evocative. Check it out of your library or find an old copy.
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