Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Utz

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Prague - This is the city to which the narrator comes to research collectors. It is also where he first meets Utz in 1967. Utz has lived there since after World War II and dies there in 1974.

The Utz Collection of Porcelain - This is the first European porcelain invented in 1708 by Johann Friedrich Bottger on behalf of the Elector of Saxony.

No. 5 Siroka Street - This is the address of Utz's apartment, a tiny two-room flat that is a fourth-floor walk-up. It has the stale smell of rooms where...
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