How High We Go in the Dark

What is the narrator point of view in the novel, How High We Go in the Dark?

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How High We Go in the Dark is narrated from a network of first, second, and third person points of view. These narrative vantages shift in each chapter of the novel. The opening chapter, "30,000 Years Beneath a Eulogy," is narrated from Cliff's first person perspective. "City of Laughter" is narrated from Skip's first person perspective. "Through the Garden of Memory" is written from Jun's first person point of view. "Pig Son" presents David's first person account. "Elegy Hotel" presents Dennis's first person account. "Speak, Fetch, Say I Love You" is written from an unnamed father's first person perspective. "Songs of Your Decay" is written from Aubrey's first person vantage point. "Life Around the Event Horizon" is written from Bryan's first person point of view. "A Gallery a Century, a Cry a Millennium" is written from Miki's first person perspective. "The Used-To-Be Party" is told from Dan Paul's first person point of view. "Melancholy Nights in a Tokyo Virtual Cafe" is written from a third person point of view and the narration is limited to Akira's perspective. "Before You Melt Into the Sea" employs the first person direct address. The unnamed first person narrator employs second person pronouns throughout as they speak directly to Mabel. "Grave Friends" is written from Rina's first person point of view. "The Scope of Possibility" also employs the first person direct address. In this final chapter, Theresa directly addresses her narrative to her daughter, Nuri, thus employing both first and second person pronouns.

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