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Teachers & SchoolsDavid is, among other things, an unreliable narrator. Sometimes, when we think of unreliable...
When thinking about Giovanni, it's important to remember that the story is narrated by David. So...
Hella is, in Giovanni's scathing terms, "the short-haired moon-faced little girl" who thinks that...
Jacques is a wealthy older American businessman, born in Belgium, who enjoys entertaining younger...
Guillaume is the owner of a gay bar in Paris and a friend of Jacques. He saw Giovanni in a...
After David's mother died, he was left with his father and his aunt. David's father would often...
Joey was a friend of David's when he lived in Brooklyn. One summer the two of them went to Coney...
The caretaker of David's house in the south of France is an old Italian woman who lost two of her...
After David receives a letter from Hella announcing that she will return to Paris, he walks down...
Ellen is David's paternal aunt in Brooklyn. She moves in to help take care of him after his...
David encounters the flaming princess in Guillaume's gay bar. He describes him in impersonal...
Madame Clothilde works the café in Les Halles where Giovanni takes David, Jacques, and...
After Giovanni has been sentenced to death, David and Hella go the south of France. They get in a...
When Giovanni escorts Guillaume, Jacques, and David to a café in Les Halles, Jacques sets...
David's mother died when he was five years old, leaving David with his father and his father's...