The release date for the English version of 'The Memory Police' by
Yōko Ogawa is Aug 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Things start to vanish from an unidentified island off an unidentified coast: hats, ribbons, birds, flowers, and so on, until things become much worse. The majority of people living on the island are unaware of these changes, and the few who possess the ability to remember the lost items are terrified of the strict Memory Police, who are determined to keep the memories of the vanished things hidden.
A young lady fighting to keep her author career alive comes up with a scheme to conceal her editor under her floorboards when she learns that he is being sought by the Memory Police. They cling to her work as the final vestige of the past as dread and loss around them.
A remarkable new work in any language from one of the most fascinating contemporary writers, The Memory Police is a strange and thought-provoking tale about the power of memory and the anguish of loss.