# Sonka — Yama character guide

> Sonka in Yama by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-yama

## Who they are

A prostitute in the brothel.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-i-viii)

Sonka the Rudder, a Jewish prostitute whose lover Neiman visits her regularly, causing emotional turmoil.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-ii-v)

Transferred to a half-rouble establishment where she is largely ignored, except by a pharmacist who visits nightly but cannot take her away.

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