THE RENT COLLECTOR Characters - Alphabetical

FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Captain Ahab The protagonist in Sopeap's story who dies in the end. Rajam Banerjee The author of Tiger Road. Lewis Carroll The author of Alice in Wonderland. Doctor Chan Nisay's doctor. Khun Chean The man who translated one of Herman's books. Lucky Fat The abandoned child. The Healer Ba's friend. Makara Hong The fruit vendor. Reak K. Devy Vadamukha's wife. The Blood Goddess. Jorani Kahn One of the female pickers. Yasunari Kawabata A Japanese author. Uncle Keo Sang Ly's uncle who worked at the provincial government. Jorani Khan Lena's friend. Chenda Lai Sin Sang Ly's new rent collector. Ki Lim Sang Ly's husband. Sang Ly Protagonist and Narrator. Sy Mao An author. Teva Mao Sang Ly's neighbor. Vanna Mao Teva's oldest daughter. Herman Melville An American author. Dara Neak Lena's distant cousin. Heng Rangsey Chimm's boss. The owner of the house where Sopeap lived. Prak Sim An orphan child. The boy who taught Lucky to sort trash. Grandma Sin Sopeap's grandmother. Rathana Sin Sopeap's sister. Sopeap Sin Collects Sang Ly's rent. Aka: The Cow, The Rent Collector. Narin Sok Sopeap's cousin. Preah B. Som A Cambodian author. Sovann Son The protagonist in Sopeap's story. A hunter. Samnang Song Soriya's husband. Soriyan Song The real Sopeap Sin. Robert Louis Stevenson A Scottish Novelist. Pran Teo Sang Ly's friend. Nhean Uy A Cambodian writer. Channary   Samnang's sister. Chey   Sang Ly's friend. Chimm   Rangsey's guard. Daddy   Sang Ly's father. Grandfather   Sang Ly's grandfather. Kamol   The man Sarann met. Kiri   Ponleak and Rathana's son. Lena   Sang Ly's mother. Maly   Lucky's friend. The girl Lucky and Sang Ly saved. Nisay   Sang Ly's son. Ponleak   Rathana's husband. Sarann   The protagonist in Sopeap's story. Tieb   A custard apple. Vadavamukha   A Sky God with the body of a man and a head of the horse.