The History of Love Stylistic Elements

The most obvious stylistic aspect of the novel is it's change in point of view, which occurred for the first time in this section of reading.  However, I need to first discuss the style of the first point of view:

The book started through Leo Gursky's point of view and continued until page 35.  While Leo was the narrator, he put his many thoughts into mostly short, blunt sentences.  For example: "The rain was dripping down the back of my neck.  I felt how much depended on my unlocking that lock.  The minutes passed.  I tried and failed.  Tried and failed.  And then at last my heart started to race" (page 22).  I like the use of choppy sentences because it gets across Leo's mental erraticism.  Another aspect of style is how he tells his past by beginning each story with "once upon a time there was a boy."  Leo's narration is unique because he indirectly feeds the reader information about himself.   Also, dialogue was acknowledged with italicized letters and no quotations.  Besides those aspects, the writing seemed pretty standard and the story was pretty straightforward.

The story transitions into being told through the point of view of a character in Leo's book (or at least I think).  I suspect this because Leo's section ends with him waiting to give his son (who he doesn't really know) a copy of a manuscript he wrote.  The character's name is Alma Singer and her narration has a very different style.  Below is an example of the format of her section.

" 1. MY NAME IS ALMA SINGER

When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called The History of Love."

So, the format of this section is a little odd and I'm a little unsure if I'm recognizing the connection between Leo and Alma, but I'm so far enjoying the story.