: Re: Use of past and present tense in same novel The author of a current historical novel uses past tense in most of its 38 chapters, and present tense in five or six. The novel is a New York

I haven't read that book, but past tense is usually used for narration and present tense for dialogue. Perhaps the past tense is used for a retelling of the past, and the present tense is employed for an ongoing scene. For example, if the character went to a therapist and imagined his past, then took a break for a chapter to live the current life, then went back to the therapist and continued the past story, and back and forth. Read the book, and you'll probably find out why.

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