The View from Saturday
by E. L. Konigsburg
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- E.L.'s Got a Thing For Lewis Carroll
Konigsburg references Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass more than once in this book. Wonder why? Perhaps Shmoop is right in guessing that these stories "simultaneously embrace nonsense and logic," which is definitely something The Souls are trying to work out. Or, maybe it's just fun reading about chasing rabbits down holes. - E.L. Also Has a Thing For Flashbacks
Flashbacks are all over this book—guess that happens when you have lots of narrators with lots of stories to tell. The ultimate result in The View From Saturday is that the reader is taken all over the place, temporally speaking. So why do so many authors use this literary device? What are some other books that use it, and use it well? Read on.