{"product_id":"the-memory-police-by-yoko-ogawa","title":"The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"display: inline !important;\"\u003eExcellent, thought provoking, poigniant book that makes you think about all the things and people we take for granted.  What really does matter?  The Memory Police was a finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"display: inline !important;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"display: inline !important;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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 f loorboards, and together they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. Powerful and provocative, The Memory Police is a stunning novel about the trauma of loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * TIME * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * THE GUARDIAN * ESQUIRE * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS * FINANCIAL TIMES * LIBRARY JOURNAL * THE A.V. CLUB * KIRKUS REVIEWS * LITERARY HUB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican Book Award winner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout Yoko Ogawa:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"clearfix\"\u003eYoko Ogawa has won every major Japanese literary award. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, A Public Space, and Zoetrope: All-Story. Her works include The Diving Pool, a collection of three novellas; The Housekeeper and the Professor; Hotel Iris; and Revenge. She lives in Hyogo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ŪMEI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41370602995784,"sku":"uoq1789850791939","price":11.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/9507\/9240\/files\/the-memory-police-by-yoko-ogawa_1.jpg?v=1789850799","url":"https:\/\/barnjacketfitk.shop\/products\/the-memory-police-by-yoko-ogawa","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}