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A review by biblioauds
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
5.0
Hauntingly beautiful and evocative, The Memory Police takes place in a surreal Orwellian-like environment where The Memory Police make various items, regardless of importance, disappear. Most people have the ability to forget as the items disappear, but some do not. Those who remember what has been disappeared are hunted by The Memory Police. In the tragic tale of a writer, one who forgets what is disappeared, and her editor, one who remembers, the reader is provided a thought provoking story that challenges what is taken for granted.
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Orwell's 1984, or any dystopian novel, as well as readers who look for a simple, yet elegant story. This book is translated from Japanese and along with the translation you are afforded the opportunity to be immersed in the simplicity of the language. Though it is simple it does not lack emotion or impact. I would also further recommend to anyone who appreciates Murakami's trance-like atmosphere or would like to experience more translated works in general. Definitely one of my top reads for the year already, I can tell.
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Orwell's 1984, or any dystopian novel, as well as readers who look for a simple, yet elegant story. This book is translated from Japanese and along with the translation you are afforded the opportunity to be immersed in the simplicity of the language. Though it is simple it does not lack emotion or impact. I would also further recommend to anyone who appreciates Murakami's trance-like atmosphere or would like to experience more translated works in general. Definitely one of my top reads for the year already, I can tell.