The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa (Stephen Snyder a Markus Juslin)
Pantheon Books • 2019

On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses—until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to the...hese changes, while those few imbued with the power 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 woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past.A surreal, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, The Memory Police is a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language.
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Ostrov bez pamäti od japonskej autorky Yoko Ogawa je poslednou knihou, ktorú som v roku 2021 dočítal. Tento fakt nestojí sám o sebe za to, aby som sa týmto románom zaoberal podrobnejšie, len si to tak odkladám ako pripomienku pre budúce generácie. Podstatné je, že Ogawin román ponúka síce predvídateľný, ale výborný text hodný niekoľkých … Pokračovať v čítaní "Ostrov bez pamäti. Keď pamäťová[...]

Autor: Yoko OgawaOriginálny názov: 密やかな結晶Vydavateľstvo: Lindeni 2021Séria: -Diel:  -Počet strán: 264Žáner:  dystópiaMoje hodnotenie knihy: 3*/5*Moje hodnotenie obálky: 3*/5*Anotácia:Desivo-krásny orwellovský román o totálnom ovládnutí ľudských životov štátnou mocou od jednej z najoceňovanejších autoriek súčasnosti.Na bezmennom ostrove pri bezmennom pobreží miznú objekty: najskôr klobúky,[...]

Na bezmennom ostrove mizne postupne všetko a ľudia sa s tým už zmierili. Keď nejaká vec zmizne, človek si na ňu nedokáže spomenúť. Zíde z očí, zíde z mysle. Avšak v tomto prípade je to brané veľmi doslovne. Na dodržiavanie zákonov dbá pamäťová polícia, ktorá zatýka podozrivých ľudí. Tých, ktorí majú spomienky na neexistujúce predmety. Poznať minulosť je veľmi nebezpečné.Keď mladá[...]

On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses—until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power 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 woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past.

A surreal, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, The Memory Police is a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language.