Point of View

The author takes an unconventional approach to point of view throughout the novel. Rather than presenting the Stone Blind narrative from the single point of view of a single character, she writes the novel from a network of points of view. Indeed, each new chapter initiatives a shift in the narrative vantage point. Such formal shifts are indicated by the chapter titles. For example, the opening “Gorgoneion" chapter of Part One, "Sister," presents the Gorgoneion’s first person point of view. She begins her chapter saying, “I see you. I see all those who men call monsters” (3). These lines establish the parameters of the Gorgoneion’s narrative vantage and voice. Throughout the entirety of the novel, the Gorgoneion uses both the first person and the direct address. The author particularly uses her voice as a narrative device by which she might question and interrogate the...