Point of View

The novel is written in third person from the perspective of an omniscient narrator. The narrator seems to know what is happening with various characters at any given moment. In some cases, that means the reader sees part of a scene from the perspective of one character, then the narrator reveals details of another. For example, Bluma and Yehuda Leib arrive at the tower in the Far Country at the same time. Though they walk the same paths and arrive at the house of the Dark Messenger, they do not see each other. The narrator switches between Bluma and Yehuda Leib for the duration of that scene. The omniscient perspective is necessary because there is not any character always present. Bluma and Yehuda Leib are present for most, but not all the scenes. After Yehuda Leib and Bluma leave the Dark Messenger's house, the Dark...