Five Tuesdays in Winter

What is the narrator point of view in the collection, Five Tuesdays in Winter?

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Each of the short stories collected in Five Tuesdays in Winter is written from a distinct narrative point of view. "Creature" is written from Carol's first person point of view the "summer [she] was fourteen," and marries her childhood and retrospective adult narrative voices (1). "Five Tuesdays in Winter" is written from a third person point of view. The third person narrator's vantage point is limited to the main character Mitchell's perspective. "When in the Dordogne" is written from the first person point of view of an unnamed narrator during the "summer before [he] entered high school" (68). As in "Creature," the narrator of "When in the Dordogne," both writes from his childhood vantage, and reflects upon this era from his adult perspective as he looks “back on that time now as if rereading a book” (94). "North Sea" is written from a third person narrative voice, and is limited to Oda's perspective. "Timeline" is written from Lucy's first person point of view and combines her depictions of life in Burlington with her memories from her recent life in Cambridge. "Hotel Seattle" is written from the first person point of view of an unnamed narrator, and depicts his attempts to understand his relationship with Steve and former crush on Paul. "Waiting for Charlie" is written from the third person point of view. This narration is limited to the unnamed grandfather's perspective. "Mansard" is written from a third person vantage point and limited to the main character Audrey's point of view. "South" is written from a third person point of view. This narrator employs free indirect discourse, and thus shifts between Marie-Claude's and Flo's perspectives. "The Man at the Door" is written from the third person point of view. This narrator's vantage is limited to the main character Sylvia's perspective.

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