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The Memory Police
密やかな結晶 · Hisoyaka na kesshō
Yoko Ogawa · 32 when first published
Novel · 411 pages · Speculative
Translated by Stephen Snyder
AI-generated summary:On an island where things vanish one by one, birds, perfume, soda pop, and people's hearts thin out with each loss, a novelist keeps writing while 'memory hunts' carry on the disappearances.
Also: National Book Award 2019 finalist