Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Sergei Matveyevich Moshkin
Mr. Sergei Matveyevich Moshkin is a man whose hunger — for food, for status, for something he cannot name — keeps him circling other people's tables.
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Also known as Moshkin, Hunger Sergei Matveyevich Moshkin
First appearance: short fiction
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Protagonist; a hungry, unemployed schoolmaster who commits an act of destructive rage after a demeaning job interview.
Moshkin appears in Sologub's stories as a figure of appetite and mild humiliation, always aware of where he stands in the room. His nickname 'Hunger' clings to him because his wanting is so visible, and his attempts to be dignified while needy make him both comic and painful. He matters because his small dramas of insufficiency dramatize the collection's recurring theme: the gap between what people are given and what they ache for.
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