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Genn12345 t1_j6av3yp wrote

Aby recommendations for novels/short stories containing perspective shifts?

I really love it when a story contains shifts in perspective.

Take for example this one short story I wrote a while ago. it started with a woman and her son being quite emotionally distant from each other before the woman reflects on a memory she had with her father. The story then shifted to being that of a man and his daughter, wherein the man tells his daughter a story about his parents. It is then revealed (though it was always heavily implied) that the man and his daughter are the woman and her father from the start of the story. At the end of the story the woman, having reflected on this memory gains new conviction to attempt to re-establish her connection with her daughter.

I know that's a pretty simple structural synopsis but it's just an example of the kind of story structure i love.

Do you have any thoughts on perspective/temporal shifts in literature or any favourite text that employs them?

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spinazie25 t1_j6blzc3 wrote

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. There's a lot more going on, but we do get to see it from two different perspectives.

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zebrafish- t1_j6bn81m wrote

Your description makes me think of Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty!

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