Anthropomorphism

"I loved visiting her there, loved those meandering talks we had." Page 18

To meander is to wander at random. Ishiguro here uses personification to describe the conversation. Every reader can relate to meandering, wandering around at random. The flow of the conversation followed this pattern. It weaved in and out of relevance, of important events of their lives or minor details. Through his use of personification, Ishiguro is utilizing descriptive writing. The concept of meandering conversations also says much about Ruth and Kathy's redeveloping relationship. They seem to be becoming carefree friends once again, which hand't occurred in years.