person
Gerasim
also: Герасим, the carpenter
A tall, gaunt carpenter with a curly red head, one of the two workmen building the estate's bathing-hut who spend the story wrestling a burbot out from under a willow snag; his deep, hoarse bass voice and dry, unhurried manner play against the hunchbacked Lyubim's shrill impatience.
Reading notes
- The Burbot §1 carpenter Gerasim
Village carpenters were commonly hired by estate owners for seasonal building work; Gerasim and Lyubim are mid-project on the barin's bathing-hut when the burbot derails their morning.