# Menotti — Short Fiction character guide

> Menotti in Short Fiction by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Menotti

**First appearance:** 0002-the-river-of-life

## Who they are

An Italian fisherman or boatman in Balaklava.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as part of the Italian team; likely an engineer or assistant involved in the diving operations.

### [Allez!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/allez)

A world-famous clown and trainer who becomes Nora's lover and abuser, treating her with cruelty and eventually discarding her for another performer.

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