Point of View

The point of view of the novella is a first-person narrator. The narrator is unnamed and suffered a near-fatal accident before meeting Jonás. She is thirty and a writer. The narrator is coping with Jonás being away for an unspecified amount of time while he mourns the loss of his mother.

The novella uses a stream-of-consciousness narration to explore the narrator’s questions and anxieties about Jonás being away. It allows the narrator to ponder how she has changed and continues to change, what waiting and longing mean to her, and how death and love can impact a person and their relationships.

The story takes place during the time that Jonás is away. The reader does not witness Jonás leaving or coming back. The reader is not privy to any direct interaction with Jonás. Everything is told through the...