具体描述
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?
The Memory Police is a beautiful, haunting and provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, from one of Japan’s greatest writers.
For readers of The Handmaid's Tale, Fahrenheit 451 and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
用户评价
##英译版可以说相当好读了 延续到最后的悲伤与无奈 中后部突转的chilling to the lost, to the ones who remember
##似乎少了一点点深度
##這個版本的繙譯很奇妙。祇看英文版會覺文字很流暢，不過與日文版比對會發現很多句子都未譯出。有些地方大概是因為日文表述太囉嗦，不過也有很多地方完全沒有跳過的必要卻還是被譯者略過了。
##英译版可以说相当好读了 延续到最后的悲伤与无奈 中后部突转的chilling to the lost, to the ones who remember
##披着科幻皮的文艺小说，不知道为什么读着读着总是会想到石黑一雄（虽然技法上没得比，这本书的手法上唯一比较精彩就是书中书里打字员的故事了）。设定上有很多事情都没有讲清楚，这也是这本小说屡被诟病的地方，不过我个人还蛮喜欢这一点的——不知道为什么记忆警察要清除你的记忆，不知道他们什么时候要清初你的记忆，甚至有时候都不知道自己具体被清楚了什么，这种莫名其妙、匪夷所思、全无固定标准的审核制度，不就是现实最好的写照么？就跟Hitchcock的《群鸟》一样，你不知道鸟为何而来，才是最恐怖的地方。
##似乎少了一点点深度
##所以到底为啥东西要消失呢
##Its advertised marketing hook is the Orwellian touch. Yet to me, it is an excellent piece about mind and body.
##所以到底为啥东西要消失呢