Tamara

Tamara Maniouk is who the book is named after. She is found dead, on a train, in Endwarden, by a man named Hans Obuch. He notices her hand first because it is sticking out of her compartment a little bit. He then sees that her head is hanging in a funny way and there is a tear on her cheek. She has black hair, and she is not from the are. She can speak French and a little bit of German. In her purse is an empty bottle of nail polish, money, cigaretts, tissues, and a small mirror in a leather pouch. Hans finds the mirror while going through her purse in the police station, and pulls it out. He takes it out of the leather pouch and a small photo falls out. The photo is of a soldier and on the back it says, " For Tamara, H.B". You later find out that Tamara was in love with and has a child with this "H.B." person, who turns out to be Hanno Bricks, the son of Wilhelm Bricks, the wealthy owner of a Schnaps factory. Wilhelm did not want Hanno to see Tamara. Hans Obuch, the main character and narrator of the story thinks he has seen her before, but does not know her. He had seen her in a picture while he was on an airplane. He sees a painting of her, and a painting of her purse when he is in Endwarden. Tamara and Hanno had a child who was blond. When Hanno had to go off to the war, Tamara was with child, and she did not know where her own father was.