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Yoko Ogawa is a prolific Japanese author. Getty Images
Yoko Ogawa is a prolific Japanese author. Getty Images
Yoko Ogawa's newly translated 'The Memory Police' is a 'strikingly haunting portrait of our future'
Despite it being written almost 25 years ago, The Memory Police is as relevant now as it ever was
Rabeea Saleem
19 November, 2019