The Memory Police are tasked with the objective to enforce compliance of removal of these objects and their memories and leave no stone unturned to destroy, abandon and erase the existence of things and their memories that are supposed to disappear. Things disappear and so do the memories, feelings and experiences associated with the things. The Memory Police, is set in an unnamed island and narrated by an unnamed writer. To what extent would you go to preserve those objects, memories and by extension the ones we love.Īlso read: Book Review – Regretting Motherhood: A Study By Orna Donath What would you do when not only are you failed by your memories of those objects, but also policed to shed any associated feelings, incidences and perceptions of those very objects? These could be hats, books, roses or candies. This work was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020, and the translation by Snyder was nothing short of pitch perfect and deserving of the prize. Yoko Ogawa pondered on these very haunting questions in her book, The Memory Police, which was released in 1994 but the English translation by Stephen Snyder released last year.
Now read this dystopian scenario wherein these very items, objects are disappearing without warning.
Imagine there is a fire, you try to save the most important and cherished items.
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