Empuzjon
EmpuzjonOlga Tokarczuk
Characters in Empuzjon
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Mieczysław Wojnicz
A 24-year-old engineering student from Lwów who comes to the Silesian resort to recover from tuberculosis.
Supporting characters
Wilhelm Opitz
The owner of the Guesthouse for Gentlemen where Wojnicz lodges and the evening debates take place.
August August
A professor of Greek and Latin and a humanist socialist among the guesthouse's lodgers and debaters.
Longin Lukas
A Catholic traditionalist and history teacher from Königsberg who takes part in the nightly arguments.
Dr. Semperweiß
The resort doctor who strictly enforces its naturopathic regime and debates the nature of the world with Wojnicz.