One of Tomas’s customers as a window washer. She is taller than Tomas and looks a bit like a stork. Tomas has never had sex with a woman who is taller than him, so he immediately seduces her. The tall woman represents one of the “curiosities” Tomas collects and “conquers” as an “epic womanizer.”
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The Tall Woman Character Timeline in The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The timeline below shows where the character The Tall Woman appears in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 5, Chapter 10
...to an apartment to clean the windows, and the door is opened by a very tall woman , who looks much like a stork. Tomas is immediately intrigued. They instantly begin to...
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Part 5, Chapter 11
Within a few days, Tomas is again sent to the tall woman ’s house to clean windows. When she answers the door, she already has a bottle...
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