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Nastassja Saasnova

A female character with a distinctive name.

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First appearance: short fiction

Nastassja Saasnova shows up with force in V. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A woman whose daughter Tanja was killed in the massacre; she goes suddenly mad on the third Friday after the shooting, stripping and wailing in the street.
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In V: A woman whose daughter Tanja was killed in the massacre; she goes suddenly mad on the third Friday after the shooting, stripping and wailing in the street.

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Character groups

  • Military and Religious Authority

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  • Escalation
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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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