Short Fiction · Character
Ivan Bunin
The author appears as a character or narrator in some stories.
minor
Also known as Ivan
First appearance: short fiction
Ivan Bunin's tie to Lushka is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
A stupid but self-proclaimed clever farm hand who scoffs at everything and wears a blue blouse.
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With Lushka (psychological): Ivan Bunin is obsessed with Lushka, viewing her as a muse or object of fixation in his artistic life. With Kiriushka (professional): Ivan Bunin employs or interacts with Kiriushka as a…
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- Psychological
- Other
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- Author and memory figures
- Diverse ensemble of fate and perception
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- Lushka
psychological · ambivalent
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- Kiriushka
professional · positive
- Lushka
psychological · ambivalent
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