Dorthe Nors and the Power of Third Person Distance

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How can the base-level choice of what perspective (first, second or third person) is used in a piece of writing be used as a way for a reader to gain perspective on a character?

Dorthe Nors’ novella Minna Needs Rehearsal Space (translated by Mishka Hoekstra) uses a close third person and a unique approach to paragraphs to allow the reader to read the titular character’s opinions in the same way that they read facts, and as you would probably guess, hilarity ensues.

Minna Needs Rehearsal Space (2016) by Dorthe Nors and translated by Mishka Hoekstra
An excerpt from the book, but not the one we discussed in the episode

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