Exchanging Glances | Buried Memories
The second part of ‘‘Exchanging Glances’’ opens with the adult narrator commenting on the problem and process of memory. She had intended the story to be ‘‘about liberation,’’ she says, and expected that writing it would be simple. ‘‘The machine will start running, and everything will appear on paper as if of its own accord—a series of accurate, highly defined pictures.’’ But memory is imperfect and selective, especially when it deals with experiences of fear and trauma. The narrator realizes that she must ‘‘accept that the series of images [that she can...
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