# Kiriushka — Short Fiction character guide

> Kiriushka in Short Fiction by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a child or servant.

## Relationships

### [Ivan Bunin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/characters/ivan_bunin)

_professional_

Ivan Bunin employs or interacts with Kiriushka as a servant or worker on his estate.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/i)

A lame, white-eyed, irresponsible lad who bears jeers about his twisted leg.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/ii)

Lies thinking about an accordion, uninterested in the conversation.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/iv)

Lies flat on his belly, head covered, listening to the story.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/v)

Kiriushka sleeps covered with a great coat and later recalls the destruction of a landowner's property, including a piano dragged into the rye.

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