The Wooden Bust’s Journey

Breakfast at Tiffany's

A carved image resembling Holly travels from an African village to New York, offering uncertain evidence that her restless life may have taken her far beyond the city.

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Yunioshi Returns Yunioshi Returns from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". A Visitor at Joe Bell’s News from Abroad I. Y. Yunioshi visits Joe Bell after returning from Africa.

Yunioshi Returns from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". A Visitor at Joe Bell’s News from Abroad I. Y. Yunioshi visits Joe Bell after returning from Africa.

A Visitor at Joe Bell’s News from Abroad I. Y. Yunioshi visits Joe Bell after returning from Africa. His unexpected appearance prompts Joe to summon the narrator. The Old Connection Yunioshi had once lived in the brownstone with Holly and the narrator. His return reconnects the present to an unresolved question about Holly’s whereabouts.

The Carved Face The Carved Face from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". A Likeness in Wood Photographs from Tococul Yunioshi shows photographs of a carved female head with short hair and distinctive features.

The Carved Face from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". A Likeness in Wood Photographs from Tococul Yunioshi shows photographs of a carved female head with short hair and distinctive features.

A Likeness in Wood Photographs from Tococul Yunioshi shows photographs of a carved female head with short hair and distinctive features. The narrator recognizes a resemblance to Holly. Recognition Without Proof Joe insists that the carving is Holly’s likeness, but it remains an image rather than a confirmed encounter. Its emotional force exceeds what the photographs can establish.

The Village Story The Village Story from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". A Sculptor’s Memory The Woodcarver Yunioshi says a local man showed him the carving in a remote village.

The Village Story from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". A Sculptor’s Memory The Woodcarver Yunioshi says a local man showed him the carving in a remote village.

A Sculptor’s Memory The Woodcarver Yunioshi says a local man showed him the carving in a remote village. The sculptor’s account describes a young woman who arrived with two sick men and stayed with him. A Story at a Distance The episode comes through several languages and intermediaries. Even its uncertain details do not prevent the listeners from picturing Holly in the landscape.

A Disputed Encounter A Disputed Encounter from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Joe Believes The Question of Truth Joe doubts that Holly would have behaved as the story suggests, while the narrator cannot dismiss the possibility.

A Disputed Encounter from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Joe Believes The Question of Truth Joe doubts that Holly would have behaved as the story suggests, while the narrator cannot dismiss the possibility.

Joe Believes The Question of Truth Joe doubts that Holly would have behaved as the story suggests, while the narrator cannot dismiss the possibility. The account is too vivid to become certain knowledge. Absence Persists The report yields no reliable address or proof that the traveler was Holly. The carved face therefore deepens the mystery rather than resolving it.

A Possible African Trace A Possible African Trace from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". The Image Remains Hope from a Carving Joe considers the photographs the only definite news in years.

A Possible African Trace from "Breakfast at Tiffany's". The Image Remains Hope from a Carving Joe considers the photographs the only definite news in years.

The Image Remains Hope from a Carving Joe considers the photographs the only definite news in years. The likeness offers a fragile possibility that Holly survived and continued to travel. No Reunion The narrator leaves with the image of Holly riding away on a horse, not a confirmed account of her life. Her absence remains the story’s final condition.

Years after the narrator leaves the brownstone

During Yunioshi’s visit to the bar

During Yunioshi’s account of Christmas Day 1956

Immediately after the village account

At the end of the conversation at Joe Bell’s bar