Bibliograph

The memory police, a novel, Yoko Ogawa ; translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder

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The memory police, a novel, Yoko Ogawa ; translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The memory police

Oclc number

1080554306

Responsibility statement

Yoko Ogawa ; translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, things are disappearing. First, animals and flowers. Then objects--ribbons, bells, photographs. Then, body parts. Most of the island's inhabitants fail to notice these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the mysterious 'memory police,' who are committed to ensuring that the disappeared remain forgotten. When a young novelist realizes that more than her career is in danger, she hides her editor beneath her floorboards, and together, as fear and loss close in around them, they cling to literature as the last way of preserving the past"--, Provided by publisher

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