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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
I finished this one recently, and I feel like I don't see it mentioned nearly as much as it should be. It's a subversive, melancholy piece about oppression that through beautiful imagery crafts a really visceral emotional landscape. It takes on censorship by exploring it through a physical lens in which instead of things being outlawed they are literally stripped from citizens' memories. I think it belongs on the shelf with the likes of 1984. I also thought the subtle undertones hinting at the novel being allegorical for degenerative memory disorders were very interesting and worked in tandem with the more anti-societal notions brought up in this book. I think this book deserves more attention and praise and I highly recommend reading it.
#entertainment
I finished this one recently, and I feel like I don't see it mentioned nearly as much as it should be. It's a subversive, melancholy piece about oppression that through beautiful imagery crafts a really visceral emotional landscape. It takes on censorship by exploring it through a physical lens in which instead of things being outlawed they are literally stripped from citizens' memories. I think it belongs on the shelf with the likes of 1984. I also thought the subtle undertones hinting at the novel being allegorical for degenerative memory disorders were very interesting and worked in tandem with the more anti-societal notions brought up in this book. I think this book deserves more attention and praise and I highly recommend reading it.
#entertainment
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