Short Fiction · Character

Papa Konrad

A German immigrant who runs a small farm.

minor

Also known as Papa

Papa Konrad shows up with force in With the Violin. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The storyteller, a watch-mender, who recounts the Christmas tale to his grandchildren.

Papa Konrad first appears in 0013 a wizard from gettysburg.

In With the Violin: The storyteller, a watch-mender, who recounts the Christmas tale to his grandchildren.

Later, in IX: Referenced as 'Pierre' in the text; he is Euphrasie's father who relays Placide's message and expresses distress.

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With the Violin
The storyteller, a watch-mender, who recounts the Christmas tale to his grandchildren.
IX
Referenced as 'Pierre' in the text; he is Euphrasie's father who relays Placide's message and expresses distress.
A Very Fine Fiddle
Referenced as 'old Cléophas' who plays the fiddle to quiet his hungry children and later mourns the loss of the old fiddle's spirit.
Love on the Bon-Dieu
Père Antoine, the priest who hears confessions and later learns of Lalie's illness; he is a compassionate figure in the village.
The Return of Alcibiade
Referred to as Monsieur Jean Baptiste Plochel, the old, senile father who waits for his son Alcibiade.
La Belle Zoraïde
Not directly present; Manna Loulou is the storyteller, but Papa Konrad is not in this chapter.
I
Mentioned as the priest at the church who praises Claire for her organ playing.

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