Point of View

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is written from the first person points of view of the five main characters. Chapter 1 is written from the first person point of view of Tomoka, a 21-year-old womenswear sales assistant. Chapter 2 is written from the first person point of view of Ryo, a 35-year-old accountant at a furniture manufacture). Chapter 3 is written from the first person point of view of Natsumi, a 40-year-old mother and former magazine editor. Chapter 4 is written from the first person point of view of Hiroya, a 30-year-old unemployed, struggling artist living at home with his mother. Finally, Chapter 5 is written from the first person point of view of Masao, a 65-year-old retiree. Upon first glance, these five first person narrators appear to occupy entirely different narrative spheres. Tomoka’s, Ryo’s, Natsumi’s, Hiroya’s, and Masao’s characters and...