![]() ![]() And, although this is the usual in most novels, Kushner has taken this extra character quite literally, by revealing to the narrator/reader only such things as the five senses can reveal. The story is told through the eyes of a limited omniscient narrator, a third person that is both the reader and another character in the story. Kushner’s world is a place without magic, yes-until one recognizes the magic lurking underneath the surface: the textual magic of a writer who knows exactly what she is doing with language, characters, and plots. In a field dulled by the myriad repetitions of good-versus-evil and hack/slash/zap/throw-the-dice plotting, Kushner’s Swordspoint is the whetstone to renew its cutting edge. ![]()
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