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The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: December 31, 2021

Discussion: Group Reads - Fiction

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Mar 27, 2023 nin. rated it really liked it

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despite it’s size this is NOT an easy book to read. the plot is surreal and the story can be interpreted in so many ways. like there is the obvious political aspect, but you can see it as allegory on death, or allegory on mental decay and depression - losing oneself and joy or memory of things you once were, there is the whole story of typewriter which can be interpreted for abusive relationship that one was not able to escape from … there is so much. and it was wonderful but now i feel numb and ...more

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Dec 31, 2022 Sammie Cirillo rated it really liked it

3.75 rounded up. A unique take on your typical authoritarian dystopia. Slow going at points, with something of a soft ending, although thought provoking nonetheless. I thought the story within a story framework worked really well in this book, one of its more intriguing aspects.

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