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Yolanda is Mahalia’s best friend. Less intelligent than Mahalia, Yolanda is Bowden’s only PhD supervisee. She has a somewhat naïve, gullible nature, and when Mahalia is killed, Yolanda believes Orciny is responsible. Yolanda panics, and her boyfriend, Aikam Tsueh, hides her in an apartment in the outskirts of Ul Qoma. She is killed by Yorjavic while Borlú is attempting to smuggle her to safety in Besźel.
Yolanda Rodriguez Quotes in The City & the City
The The City & the City quotes below are all either spoken by Yolanda Rodriguez or refer to Yolanda Rodriguez. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18 Quotes
“Of course it’s ludicrous, like you say. Secret overlords behind the scene, more powerful even than Breach, puppetmasters, hidden cities.”
“Crap.”
“Yeah, but the point is that it’s crap a bunch of people believe. And”—I opened my hands at him—“something big’s going on, and we have no idea what it is.”
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Chapter 21 Quotes
“I’m getting paranoid,” I said.
“Oh no, they’re really watching you.”
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Chapter 23 Quotes
“Yorjavic didn’t breach, Borlú. He shot over the border, in Copula Hall. He never breached. Lawyers might have an argument: was the crime committed in Besźel where he pulled the trigger, or Ul Qoma where the bullets hit? Or both? He held out his hands in an elegant who cares? “He never breached. You did. So you are here, now, in the Breach.”
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Yolanda Rodriguez Character Timeline in The City & the City
The timeline below shows where the character Yolanda Rodriguez appears in The City & the City. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 12
The militsya recently got a call regarding Mahalia’s best friend, another PhD student called Yolanda Rodriguez. Yolanda seemed distraught, although her boyfriend, an Ul Qoman man, was taking care of...
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Chapter 13
...and describes the search of Mahalia’s room and computer, which didn’t turn up anything interesting. Yolanda’s room was filled with intriguing items, but her computer wasn’t there. Mahalia didn’t use notebooks,...
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...apologetically tells them that the doesn’t have much information. He is disturbed to hear that Yolanda is missing, although she is not one of his students and he doesn’t really know...
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...employed one day a week. He is only at the site today because his supervisee, Yolanda, did not show up for their meeting. Upon hearing that Yolanda is missing, Bowden is...
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...university by talking about Orciny years ago at the conference in Besźel. She asks about Yolanda, and Dhatt encourages her not to jump to conclusions. She takes Borlú and Dhatt around...
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Chapter 15
...this by people claiming that the script is the language of Orciny. He asks about Yolanda, saying she was a sweet person against whom no one could possibly have held a...
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Yolanda never originally showed any interest in Orciny, but has recently been bringing up “dissensi.” Borlú...
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Chapter 17
...about Aikam, whom Buidze describes as “dumb” and friends with some of the students, including Yolanda but not Mahalia.
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Chapter 18
...Aikam received was not from her. The woman starts crying, and Aikam addresses her as Yolanda.
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Chapter 19
...him. Borlú restrains him, telling him to calm down and promising he will not harm Yolanda. He promises that he is not with the militsya and that he wants to help...
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While Borlú and Yolanda speak, he doesn’t interrupt and tell her that her ideas are foolish conspiracy theories, and...
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Yolanda explains that after the controversy she caused at the conference, Mahalia received a letter written...
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Shortly before her death, Mahalia appeared increasingly distressed. She told Yolanda that they “could be thieves without even knowing.” Yolanda believes she must have somehow angered...
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...has no idea what he thinks the truth is. However, he then points out that Yolanda has an option she hasn’t yet tried. If she purposefully breached, then at least she...
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Chapter 20
Yolanda tries to stop Borlú from leaving, claiming this will draw attention to her hiding place....
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When Dhatt finds Borlú, Borlú explains that he’s found Yolanda. Borlú reiterates that they don’t know what’s going on, and he says he wants to...
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Borlú asks if Dhatt can get Yolanda an exit visa by pretending she is a police officer. Exasperated, Dhatt takes them to...
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Chapter 21
...act normally, but they feel paranoid. Dhatt agrees to arrange getting a militsya uniform for Yolanda, and one for Borlú as well, just to make the process of crossing the border...
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Borlú takes a taxi to Yolanda’s hideout. His driver is a Kurdish refugee who has been living in Ul Qoma for...
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...ordinary, but is walking in a strange, aggressive manner. Dhatt and Borlú attempt to push Yolanda ahead. The bundled man reaches into his jacket and Borlú instinctively does the same, before...
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Chapter 22
...everyone to get on the ground. Dhatt shouts that he is shot but okay, whereas Yolanda was shot in the head. Borlú looks up and sees that Yolanda is dead, while...
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Chapter 23
...man explains that Yorjavic is a former soldier. Suddenly, Borlú frantically asks after Dhatt and Yolanda; the man replies that Dhatt has lost the functionality of his right arm but is...
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...will then allow them to make a decision. They ask that he tell them about Yolanda, Mahalia, and Orciny, which they refer to as a “fool’s conspiracy” that has returned after...
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...beyond law now; this is where decision lives, and we are it.” Borlú says that Yolanda thought that Breach were Orciny, but Breach reply that Orciny doesn’t exist. Breach observe that...
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...give him something in return. They ask again if Borlú thinks Orciny killed Mahalia and Yolanda, and Borlú points out that Yolanda believed that Mahalia had discovered some kind of truth....
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Chapter 27
...care about people being murdered. He arrests Buric on the charge of conspiracy to murder Yolanda. The nationalists look confused, but Buric raises his gun at Borlú. There is the sudden...
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Chapter 28
As for Yolanda, Borlú points out that she and Aikam were the only ones who actually believed in...
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