AI Snips
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Power Of Withheld Information
- Ishiguro crafts anxiety by withholding background details so readers constantly itch to know more.
- The story's pleasure comes from an itch that can never be scratched, producing sustained unease.
Fletcher's Arrival And First Encounters
- Fletcher arrives disoriented at a village and wanders narrow, badly lit streets until he randomly selects a cottage.
- He knocks, meets a young woman who recognizes him, and the Petersons' cottage opens to him.
Confrontation In His Old Corner
- Fletcher sleeps in his old corner and awakens to a woman who claims he ruined her life.
- Her touch alternates between maternal and scornful, ending with a slap that propels him to explain himself.