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Beschreibung

A beautifully designed special edition of the must-read dystopia from one of Japan's most urgent literary voices.

On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . .


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?

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - nine masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.

'Beautiful... Haunting' Sunday Times

'This timeless fable of control and loss feels more timely than ever' Guardian

'A dreamlike story of dystopia' Jia Tolentino

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
'I cried. . . cracking ending' 5* reader review
'I loved it!' 5* reader review
'A must read' 5* reader review
'Worth 6 stars... what a novel!' 5* reader review
'Dark and unsettling - a fantastic read' 5* reader review

TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN SNYDER

A beautifully designed special edition of the must-read dystopia from one of Japan's most urgent literary voices.

On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . .


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?

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - nine masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.

'Beautiful... Haunting' Sunday Times

'This timeless fable of control and loss feels more timely than ever' Guardian

'A dreamlike story of dystopia' Jia Tolentino

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
'I cried. . . cracking ending' 5* reader review
'I loved it!' 5* reader review
'A must read' 5* reader review
'Worth 6 stars... what a novel!' 5* reader review
'Dark and unsettling - a fantastic read' 5* reader review

TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN SNYDER

Über den Autor

Yoko Ogawa (Author)
Yoko Ogawa has won every major Japanese literary award. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, A Public Space and Zoetrope. Her works include The Diving Pool, The Housekeeper and the Professor, Hotel Iris and Revenge. Her dystopian novel, The Memory Police, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

Stephen Snyder (Translator)
Stephen Snyder is a translator and professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College, Vermont, USA.

He has translated works by Kenzaburo Oe, Ryu Murakami, and Miri Yu, among others. His translation of Natsuo Kirino's Out was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 2004, his translation of Yoko Ogawa's Hotel Iris was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011 and The Memory Police was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Vintage Classics
Vintage Classic Japanese Series
ISBN-13: 9781529988413
ISBN-10: 1529988411
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Japanisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ogawa, Yoko
Übersetzung: Snyder, Stephen
Hersteller: Random House UK Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 185 x 132 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Yoko Ogawa
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2026
Gewicht: 0,256 kg
Artikel-ID: 135902992

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