Men Without Women: Stories
Men Without Women: StoriesHaruki Murakami
Characters in Men Without Women: Stories
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Kafuku
A widowed stage actor in the story Drive My Car who hires a young woman to be his chauffeur and reckons with his late wife's affairs.
Kino
A man who leaves his job after discovering his wife's infidelity and opens a quiet bar, in the story Kino.
Gregor Samsa
In Samsa in Love, a being who wakes as a man in occupied Prague and learns human feeling for the first time.
Dr. Tokai
A confirmed bachelor and cosmetic surgeon undone by love in An Independent Organ.
Supporting characters
Kitaru
An eccentric young man who speaks in a borrowed Kansai dialect in the story Yesterday.