If on a winter’s night a traveler

by

Italo Calvino

Faustino Higueras Character Analysis

Faustino Higueras is the brother of Anacleta Higueras. In the past, he fought with Don Anastasio Zamora, the father of Nacho (narrator of Around an empty grave). Although Faustino supposedly died during this fight, his grave is empty, and he seems to come back to fight the narrator in a twist that isn’t explained before the story fragment ends.

Faustino Higueras Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Faustino Higueras or refer to Faustino Higueras . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Around an empty grave Quotes

“What gave you the right, Nacho Zamora, to lay your hands on my sister?” he says, and a blade gleams in his right hand.

Related Characters: Faustino Higueras (speaker), The Narrator, Don Anastasio Zamora , Anacleta Higueras , Amaranta , Doña Jazmina , Jacinta
Page Number: 233
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Faustino Higueras Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Faustino Higueras or refer to Faustino Higueras . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Act of Reading Theme Icon
).
Around an empty grave Quotes

“What gave you the right, Nacho Zamora, to lay your hands on my sister?” he says, and a blade gleams in his right hand.

Related Characters: Faustino Higueras (speaker), The Narrator, Don Anastasio Zamora , Anacleta Higueras , Amaranta , Doña Jazmina , Jacinta
Page Number: 233
Explanation and Analysis: