Ogawa, Yoko – Owlbooks.dk https://www.owlbooks.dk Whoooo doesn't like a good book? Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:44:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://www.owlbooks.dk/wp-content/uploads/Transparent-500x500-1-100x100.png Ogawa, Yoko – Owlbooks.dk https://www.owlbooks.dk 32 32 The Memory Police https://www.owlbooks.dk/shop/9781784700447/ https://www.owlbooks.dk/shop/9781784700447/#respond Sat, 04 Feb 2023 15:17:10 +0000 https://www.owlbooks.dk/?post_type=product&p=22034 This is a Nordsjælland Book Club selection
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Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan’s greatest writers.

‘Beautiful… Haunting’ Sunday Times

‘A dreamlike story of dystopia’ Jia Tolentino

Hat, ribbon, bird rose.
To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed.

When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn’t forget, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next?

Finalist for the National Book Award 2019 Longlisted for the Translated Book Award 2020New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year

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