The Memory Police
An enthralling Japanese dystopia you’ll never forget
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4,7 • 3 notes
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- 8,99 €
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On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . .
Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those who remember live in fear of the Memory Police.
To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river, or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed.
When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next?
'Beautiful... Haunting' Sunday Times
'This timeless fable of control and loss feels more timely than ever' Guardian
'A dreamlike story of dystopia' Jia Tolentino
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Avis d’utilisateurs
Soul crushing in the best way possible
This book will remain in a corner of your mind after reading it. I doubt anyone would be able to forget it, or at least that’s the feeling it left me with.
I couldn’t pull myself away from the story, and finished it in less than a day.
After I finished reading it, I cried a little and then I dug back into the story, trying to find out more. Thinking about the different ways to interpret it.
I’ve never felt the need to leave a review under pretty much anything in the past but I couldn’t help myself with this one.