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I just found this thread savaging Yoko Ogawa's "The Memory Police" and her writing in general, and I am quite flabbergasted.

To my mind she is one of the best writers I've read, and yet the first comment is "Issue 1: bad writing. The writing gave me the impression of someone writing their first story. It's simplistic, and not in an artistic way".
Maybe someone else can comment on the quality of the translation (I assume it will be excellent as Stephen Snyder is very experienced), but the Japanese is, as the translator remarked, extraordinarily beautiful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1dgtid5/the_memory_police_by_yoko_ogawa_why_is_this_book/?solution=e77fa751c7c29445e77fa751c7c29445&js_challenge=1&token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec17d5e9dacb431573eab34b290ccaf13d&jsc_orig_r=

#TheMemoryPolice #YokoOgawa

I am reading the short story collection "The Sea" by Yoko Ogawa. I've just read the story "The truck with the little chicks" (ひよこトラック) and I am once again in awe. I really wished I could write like her. With simple words but evocative, rich and subtle at the same time. I have read "The housekeeper and the professor" and "The memory police" and I loved both of them, but these short stories demonstrate her abilities even more.

Incidentally, if anyone has an English translation copy of "The memory police" handy and wouldn't mind looking something up for me, I would be grateful (I only have the Japanese version).

#amReading #JapaneseLiterature #YokoOgawa

Exclusive: JAPANESE GHOST STORIES Joins The Folio Society With Stunning New Hardback Edition

Japan’s summer spooky season is in full swing, as today marks the first day of the ghostly Obon…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #AncientJapan #FolioSociety #Japanese #JapaneseGhostStories #LafcadioHearn #moderntwist #YokoOgawa #YukoShimizu
https://www.europesays.com/japan/73727/

Christ, look at the time! I should be asleep, but I've been "one more chapter"ing this book (The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa) for the past hour.

It's weird as hell, but incredibly compelling. Still a bit to go, but I'm already more than willing to recommend it to fans of strange speculative fiction.

#Books #Bookstodon #TheMemoryPolice #YokoOgawa

https://www.europesays.com/ie/323006/ Where silence is its own language #book #Éire #HotelIris #IE #Ireland #reivew #stanford #Technology #YokoOgawa

Latest read: #yokoogawa

Ein Roman der japanischen Autorin Yoko Ogawa wurde zu einem der #MustRead Bücher des Jahres gewählt #Japan #YokoOgawa

https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/kultur/roman-von-yoko-ogawa-schafft-es-in-die-liste-der-must-read-buecher-von-2024-350129/

From the deadly serious and deeply weird to the fluffiest of diversions, Japanese literature in the 2020s is a booming and eclectic realm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/15/books/japanese-literature-translation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #books #literature #translation #miekokawakami #sayakamurata #yumiri #asakoyuzuki #yokoogawa #yokotawada #hiromikawakami #harukimurakami

The latest novel in translation from one of Japan's most eclectic writers leans toward magical realism while reveling in the minutiae of an affluent family's life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/09/01/books/minas-matchbox-yoko-ogawa/ #culture #books #yokoogawa #stephensnyder #japaneseliterature

Just finished reading #HowlsMovingCastle

Decided to go with #TheMemoryPolice as my first English Translated #JapaneseNovel by #YokoOgawa

#BooksOf2024

Lily Gladstone to Lead Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation of 'The Memory Police'
#Collider #MovieNews #LilyGladstone #CharlieKaufman #ReedMorano #MartinScorsese #TheMemoryPolice #YokoOgawa

https://collider.com/lily-gladstone-memory-police-charlie-kaufman/

Book 32: “The Memory Police” by #YokoOgawa.

Kept waiting for the central allegory to explain itself: things disappear on an island, then the memories of them, all enforced by the titular authority. Felt similar to Miéville’s “The City and The City” but fuzzier. There’s no logic to what disappears—birds, stamps, green beans, roses—and people give them up with no resistance. Seeing how the banning of books and critical race theory played out, I think I get it now.

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I love Japanese literature. Finished #TheMemoryPolice by #YokoOgawa a few weeks ago.

I don't know whether it's just about totalitarianism, or whether it's also a reflection of mental health issues following a toxic relationship, where you forget about parts of yourself too, but it doesn't really matter. This story can be enjoyed on many levels.

Do you have any recommendations based on this book? @bookstodon

I've seen people posting lists of some favourite authors as a way of finding others to connect with, so here goes:
#EleanorCatton
#HanKang
#JonMcGregor
#SayakaMurata
#YokoOgawa
#ChristopherPriest
#TarjeiVesaas

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Novels and short stories by the Japanese writer Yoko Ogawa translated in French by the publisher Actes Sud. Shared on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdLjg1Eq5MI/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
#yokoogawa #ogawayoko #litteraturejaponaise #japaneseliterature #actessud