concept
Konka
horse-tram
also: конка
A horse-drawn tram running on fixed rails through late-19th-century Moscow's streets, cheaper than hiring a private cab and the ordinary means of getting home for someone of modest income.
Reading notes
- Two in One §2 horse-tram
The konka: a horse-drawn tram on fixed rails, the cheap and unglamorous way to get across Moscow -- exactly the kind of transport a self-important narrator would be embarrassed to be seen on.
- A Lost Cause §54 horse-tram
The konka, a horse-drawn tram running on rails through Moscow's streets -- cheaper than hiring a cab and the narrator's usual way home, unavailable to him this late at night.