Characters
62: A Model Kit doesn't have a main character, being occupied instead by characters of varying importance to the plot. These include Marrast, a sculptor, Juan, a translator or interpreter, Helene, an anesthetist living in Paris, Calac, a writer from Argentina, and Celia and Austin, who are students. Other Tartars include Tell, Polanco, Nicole, Fuelle Morte, and Osvaldo, who is actually a pet snail. Characters of minor importance include Frau Marta, Polanco's girlfriend, and Senora Cinnamomo, who is a witness to the festivities of the Tartars on several occasions. None of the main characters are given proper last names by Cortázar, while a few of the lesser ones do have one, such as the director of the art museum, Harold Harroldson. Some characters are referred to but never actually appear in the narrative, like "the countess" and Monsieur Ochs.
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