Book: The Memory Police
Author: Yoko Ogawa
Pages: 288
This is my 111th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
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.
This was an interesting book. I liked the idea - seemed kind of familiar in a way with today's political climate. Government telling people what no longer exists. In this case it starts with inanimate objects and works up to even body parts. Behind the memories being whiped and things becoming obsolete is a story of a community trying to hold it together with what it is left. Interesting book.
Stars: 4
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