The Memory Police

Name: The Memory Police
Author: Yoko Ogawa

by Yoko Ogawa

Totalitarian government makes citizens forget objects; woman hides contraband novels

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Yoko Ogawa

Japanese novelist who writes in Japanese and is widely read in English translation. The Memory Police, her most celebrated novel, is a Kafkaesque exploration of disappearance and loss. Her work is admired for its quiet, unsettling power.

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