Orvechin's wife

Orvechin's wife is a minor referenced character in City of Last Chances, identified solely by her marital relationship to Orvechin. She appears in the narrative only in the context of her husband's disappearance into Pal custody: when Pal officers come looking for Orvechin, she is told where he has been taken - ch 28. No personal name, physical description, or independent action is attributed to her anywhere in the text.

Her sole narrative function is to serve as the point of contact through which Orvechin's arrest is confirmed and his location disclosed to those left behind. Beyond this single reference, the text provides no information about her identity, activities, or subsequent fate.

The Term

Meaning

"Orvechin's wife" is a possessive relational descriptor, the only identifier the text affords the character. She carries no given name, title, or independent epithet anywhere in City of Last Chances. The term denotes a woman whose narrative existence is defined entirely by her marriage to Orvechin and, in the single scene that mentions her, by the fact that Pal officers direct their enquiry to her household before informing her of his whereabouts - ch 28.

History

City of Last Chances

Orvechin's wife is referenced only once in the book, in connection with Orvechin's disappearance into Pal custody. When Pal officers came looking for Orvechin, she was told where he was - ch 28. No further detail about her role, identity, or subsequent actions is provided by the text.

Relationships

• Orvechin - husband. She is referenced only in connection with his disappearance into Pal custody; when Pal officers come looking for him, she is told where he has been taken - ch 28. No interaction between the two is depicted, and the text records nothing of her response to the news or of any subsequent action she takes.

Tags

1. spouse · #day-shift-worker