The Memory Police
By Yoko Ogawa & Stephen Snyder
- Release Date: 2019-08-13
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
Finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.
On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. When a young writer discovers that her editor is in danger, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards, and together they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. Powerful and provocative, The Memory Police is a stunning novel about the trauma of loss.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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American Book Award winner
Reviews
Breathtakingly beautiful
5By ani,merenudiI absolutely loved this novel.Written beautifully but open ended
3By kolsproutThe entire book I blew through waiting for it to get to the good part, but it never did. Felt dissatisfied with the ending.Intriguing and Challenging
5By PQUEZADA15I couldn’t put the book downUnlike anything you read before
5By Laura446Matter of fact and terrifying, the Memory Police is not like any other book. I devoured every word without knowing what the next chapter would bring, or how the book would end. Now that I finished, I want to process the experience, reflect on the possible meanings, and channel the feelings triggered by this strange novel by Yoko Ozawa. I highly recommend this book.Mind bender
5By ernie's booksThis book was simply beautiful in its style and mind blowing scenes it conjured up in my imagination. I loved the dream like element of it the most .What was so good...
4By doug funnieSEMI SPOILER ALERT This was a 5-star book for 96% of the story. The meta ending turned me off so violently it gets significantly dinged. I felt like I was reading a true classic then all of a sudden it goes RL Stine on me. / A beautifully written book that I want badly to recommend to others so much but can’t because I don’t want them to experience its one huge flaw. Gotta keep my recommendation cred intact.
