#2: Flashback (2 down, 18 to go)

"On the particular afternoon I'm now thinking of, we were standing up on stools and benches, crowding around the high windows." (Page 7)

     I can tell at this point in the book that Ishiguro will be utilizing the flashback quite often. Here, he is only one chapter and 7 pages into the book, and I am already experiencing a rather long-winded flashback. This flashback in particular lasts for about 9 more pages. I'm guessing that this book will have a Notebook-esque feel to it. Meaning that it will be primarily scenes from Kathy's childhood interspersed with bits from her adulthood. I can only assume that this is to convey to the reader a sense of story-telling instead of an unemotional account of events. As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. Since Kathy is the character telling the story, I will not only get an accurate account of the events, but I will also experience the feelings and reasons behind each decision Kathy made and the scenes that occur. The bits of book dedicated to her adulthood will, no doubt, explain each previous flashback further and hopefully add to each bit of Kathy's memory something that could only result from years of living with those memories. Fingers crossed that Kathy is a good orator.