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Kuritsyn
also: Курицын
A small, hunched old subordinate at the dinner -- once Kozulin's own harsh superior in his junior years, now reduced to performing humiliating tricks (reciting tragedy, eating peppered bread) on command for Kozulin's amusement.
Reading notes
- The Triumph of the Victor §9 Kuritsyn
The small, humiliated old man at the table -- once Kozulin's own tormenting superior in his junior years, now reduced to performing comic tricks (reciting tragedy, eating peppered bread) for Kozulin's amusement.