War and Peace · Character
Zakhár
Also known as Zahar
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 68
Zakhár has the weather-marked presence of a man who has spent long hours outside: an old coachman with hoarfrost gathered across his face to his eyebrows. The image is stark and wintry, yet his ordinary steadiness makes the cold feel like part of his working life.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 68
- Books
- 1
Zakhár is an old coachman associated with the count's carriage, briefly noted at his cabman’s stand and later seen with hoarfrost covering his face up to his eyebrows. The text offers no personal history beyond his work and these passing glimpses. His small place in the narrative is made vivid by the image of a working man enduring the winter cold.
Description
Zakhár is an old male coachman whose face is covered with hoarfrost up to his eyebrows, the clearest visual detail given about him. His exact build, hair, eyes, and coloring are not described. He belongs to the practical world of carriage work, but no specific garments or accessories are named. His frost-covered face gives him a stark, cold-weather appearance.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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