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.
##给三星是因为故事还能够带给我些思考。我不喜欢这本书的笔触,太碎了。大量的文字用来描绘不重要的细节,并没对整体起到什么作用。物体的消失也没有一个逻辑或节奏,整体看下来就是一个恋爱脑的姑娘取悦一个有妇之夫的故事。人物的构建都不够丰满,有种凭空出现,没有历史,没有根的感觉。当然,故事的走向也没什么未来了。但,它让我想到了鲁迅先生形容的那些麻木的人。当人们习惯了失去,又终将死亡,一切又有什么意义。当你感受不到拥有,有没有都没什么关系。还是挺悲哀的。
评分##反烏托邦的想象讓我不寒而慄。尤其是消失得如此乾净。
评分##反烏托邦的想象讓我不寒而慄。尤其是消失得如此乾净。
评分##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。
评分##疫情下赶着读了几本这种书, 主要收获是日本舞台改编vs美国2021版会很不一样,文化上不同的态度觉得很幽默
评分##I’m only less than half way through but struggling to finish this book. I find the premise too simple, the metaphor too banal, and the plot too flawed to be engaging.
评分##反烏托邦的想象讓我不寒而慄。尤其是消失得如此乾净。
评分##喜欢故事中的故事
评分##I’m only less than half way through but struggling to finish this book. I find the premise too simple, the metaphor too banal, and the plot too flawed to be engaging.