The Narrator
The novel is largely told from the perspective of the narrator, who recounts his experiences with the titular family, the Finzi-Continis, as a young child and later as a college student in Italy. The narrator reveals early on in the novel that the Finzi-Continis all met their demise at the hands of the Nazis in concentration camps and that the novel is purely comprised of the recollections of the narrator which he looks back upon during a visit to the graves of the Finzi-Continis.
Alberto Finzi-Contini
Alberto is one of the two Finzi-Contini children with whom the narrator comes into contact with throughout the novel. He is homeschooled and thus has limited interaction with the narrator. He is later deported to and dies in a Nazi concentration camp.
Micol Finzi-Contini
Micol is Alberto's younger sister on whom the narrator develops a crush. Their relationship, however, does not pan out in part due to the narrator's suspicion that Micol is already romantically involved with Giampi. She is, like her brother, later deported to and dies in a Nazi concentration camp.
Giampi Malnate
Giampi is a mutual friend of the narrator and the Finzi-Continis. The narrator suspects him of being romantically involved with Micol.
