Point of View

Snow's point of view is third person. This third person doesn't show himself until later in the story, but bits and pieces tell you that there is another person there. All the emotions of the characters are shown throughout so you feel the pain that the main character is going through, although much of it is because of a lack of emotional maturity on the part of the main character, Ka.

There are lots of descriptive sections that explain the motivations for the various characters and the reasons for the main character's reactions to events. Most of the novel is through the eyes of Ka with a few sections led by Ka's childhood friend, Orhan, and ending with Orhan's analysis of Ka's last years after he left Kars and the events leading to his death.

Setting

The setting for this novel is a small city in...