Winter in the Blood

From what narrative point of view is the novel primarily written? Is the point of view consistent (does it shift either narrative point of view or in voice)? If there are shifts, how do those shifts affect the story? If there aren’t shifts, do not answ

From what narrative point of view is the novel primarily written? Is the point of view consistent (does it shift either narrative point of view or in voice)? If there are shifts, how do those shifts affect the story? If there aren’t shifts, do not answer this question.

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The point of view of this novel is first person. The narrator is a young Indian man in his early thirties and still living at home with his mother and grandmother. The narrator tells the story through his own point of view, moving quickly from scene to scene and at times seeming to get lost in his own thoughts. The narrator comes across as a lost soul, a young man still fighting to come to terms with the loss of his brother and father. The narrator also seems incapable of trusting and loving another person, although the desire is there as suggested by his attempts to find a young woman who left him and stole some of his belongings.