I give a lot of attention to narrative points of view (povs);
Poul Anderson usually has good control of his povs;
I do other reading, often of Stieg Larsson, later in the evening;
we sometimes link that later reading to Anderson.
With all that for context, I have found an interesting pov point in Larsson. Clinton, Nystrom and Sandberg are in conversation. When Sandberg speaks:
"Clinton and Nystrom exchanged glances."
-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest (London, 2009), p. 588.
But whose pov is it? Reading on:
"...Clinton and Nystrom felt a surge of anxiety." (ibid.)
A double pov! That is unusual. And my impression, for what it is worth, is that this was unreflecting on Larsson's part.
4 comments:
Double POV's are extremely tricky. -You- know which is which from moment to moment, but it's easy to confuse the readers.
I think that a double pov is inappropriate.
Kaor to Both!
Another thing I should remember looking out for, double POVs.
Ad astra! Sean
There are not many.
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