The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love | Style

Point of View
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is told from two points of view. The first is that of Eugenio, who tells of his experiences in the first person, using “I” and “me.” Eugenio is the narrator of the book’s opening and closing sections, starting with a childhood memory that he has of his uncle Cesar and ending with a fantasy of the Castillo brothers’ hearts being reunited after death.

Most of the book is from Cesar’s point of view. The sections that concern him are told in the third person: not using Cesar’s voice, but still...


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