The Names | Objects, Setting & Important Places

The Names Objects/Places

Athens

Athens is the location of James Axton's apartment and the home of most of his colleagues. It is a city riddled with popular unrest, mainly led by students. Athens represents James's life separate from his family; it's night are spent in restaurants with friends.

Kouros

Kouros is an island in Greece. It is the location of Owen Brademas's archeological dig. Kouros is known as a dull convocation of villages that do not attract tourists. The first ritual murder of the novel happens on Kouros.

The Mani

The Mani are a group of large hills (tits, as Owen describes them) in the south of Greece. James and later Volterra travel there because the cult is said to be planning a murder there.

The Thar Desert

The Thar Desert is located in the northwest of India, near the border with Pakistan. Owen Brademas is led into this desert from the village of Hawa Mandir. There he learns the...
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