The Secret Miracle Characters

The Kafka in HimJaromir is a Jewish writer living in Prague. Hmm...who does that remind us of? We're glad we asked. Jaromir bears a striking resemblance to another Jewish Czech intellectual, Franz...

This guy is the only Nazi with a name in this story. That alone is a pretty big deal: putting a name on a possible antagonist makes him all the more real. He's someone toward whom we can direct our...

These names are a bit of a mouthful, we know. So who are these guys? The Baron Römerstadt and Jaroslav Kubin are two characters in Jaromir Hladik's play, The Enemies. Since the summary we get of t...

What's this? A woman? Gasp! Women don't show up very often in Borges' short stories, so it's always worth mentioning when he decides to include a female character, however briefly. So who is this p...

The sergeant is the guy in charge of Jaromir's execution. What do we know about him? Well, not much. Just that he likes to be punctual. Just like Captain Rothe, the sergeant insists on sticking to...