Literary Fiction
by Stephen Snyder
On an unnamed island, objects and memories disappear at the command of the authoritarian Memory Police, and most inhabitants forget what has been erased. A young novelist hides her editor, who retains his memories, while the world quietly unravels around them. Yoko Ogawa's haunting allegory, translated by Snyder, explores loss, totalitarianism, and the fragility of identity with restrained, crystalline prose.
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