Point of View

This novel is told from the point of view of a third-person narrator. This narrator focuses on certain characters, including Saskia, Rufus, Laks, and Willem, in his telling of the story. For these characters, the narrator is able to report their thoughts and emotions as well as actions and the words they speak. For other characters, their intentions are shared only when shared aloud with another character.

This third-person narration with several characters of focus is ideal for this novel because the action is spread over so much area with different characters interacting in only some of these places that it would be difficult to tell from a first-person point of view. Additionally, the story is action-driven rather than character-driven. The author does not want the reader to become too emotionally connected to any one character since there are so many different people and different...