We all learned about the various sorts of PoV in middle school. Yet third person omniscient stood out as odd and unachievable without the genius of God. Our teachers assuaged doubt with some abstract definition. The search through the genealogy of the novel begs the question, “where is today’s omniscience-seeking reader to turn?” Has anyone really written omnisciently, or were our teachers only tricking us?
Henriette Lazaridis Power takes a genealogical look at the 3rd person omniscient PoV.
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Good q, Zach
Oulipian Anne Garretta wrote a novel titled, “Sphinx” which is about a romance between two genderless characters written in what is believed to be her version of omniscient fourth person nobody. Unsure if anyone’s translated it from French yet, it may be close to your answer, it may be in the other direction, oh the Oulipo
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