Short Fiction · Character
Little Vassya
A young boy in a story of childhood.
minor
Also known as Vassya, little Vassya, Vassya that other Vassya
First appearance: short fiction
Little Vassya shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The drowned son of Father Vassily, whose death triggers the family's descent into sorrow.
Little Vassya first appears in 0001 short fiction.
In I: The drowned son of Father Vassily, whose death triggers the family's descent into sorrow.
Later, in II: The deceased son of Father Vassily and the Popadya, whose loss drives the Popadya's desperate desire to resurrect him through a new child.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Childhood and Clerical Life
- Military and Religious Authority
- Authority and Enigmatic Women
- Wartime and Creative Perspectives
- Domestic and Social Observation
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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