The image of a grave digger in the prose by Grygory Kanovich
Characters'' trade in the novels by Griqory Kanovich becomes a particular marker. Cemetery plays a significant role in the peculiar concept of the Jewish world in Kanovich''s novels. In the Jewish culture cemetery is an essential token, the space of memory and eternity. The image of a grave diqqer in Kanovich''s works is of great importance. He, the custodian of this sacred for the Jews place, is endowed with his own distinctive characteristics.