Point of View

How High We Go in the Dark is narrated from a network of first, second, and third person points of view. These narrative vantages shift in each chapter of the novel. The opening chapter, "30,000 Years Beneath a Eulogy," is narrated from Cliff's first person perspective. "City of Laughter" is narrated from Skip's first person perspective. "Through the Garden of Memory" is written from Jun's first person point of view. "Pig Son" presents David's first person account. "Elegy Hotel" presents Dennis's first person account. "Speak, Fetch, Say I Love You" is written from an unnamed father's first person perspective. "Songs of Your Decay" is written from Aubrey's first person vantage point. "Life Around the Event Horizon" is written from Bryan's first person point of view. "A Gallery a Century, a Cry a Millennium" is written from Miki's first person perspective. "The Used-To-Be Party" is told from...