In the Name of Salome | Techniques
Alvarez has always found multiple points of view not merely compatible but necessary to record and express the nuances of theme and character. She tells this story from the point of view of a mother, Salome, and her daughter, Camila. Sometimes the point of view is simply limited omniscient, sometimes it seems to be first-person interior, and sometimes it is an unlimited omniscient point of view. Her strategy undoubtedly owes much to her basing the work extensively on historical documents, including the diary of Pedro Henriquez Urena, editions of Salome's poetry, and editions of the...
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