A Complete Guide to Point of View Part 24
A brilliant example of this style with a multiple POV is the first-person plural, posthumous narrative of Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor.
In the film American Beauty does the narrator (sort of) become omniscient after death? It’s a long time since I saw it.
Hotel World by Ali Smith does this well, and also Platform Seven by Louise Doughty. The opening of the latter is a good text for examples of openings, as it undermines all the usual rules.
A brilliant example of this style with a multiple POV is the first-person plural, posthumous narrative of Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor.
In the film American Beauty does the narrator (sort of) become omniscient after death? It’s a long time since I saw it.
Hotel World by Ali Smith does this well, and also Platform Seven by Louise Doughty. The opening of the latter is a good text for examples of openings, as it undermines all the usual rules.