Morano and Margot Hand from Picture Films will be producers for the project. Joining them as executive producers are Martin Scorsese and the author herself Yoko Ogawa will serve as executive producers.
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Originally published in 1994 and translated into English in 2019, Ogawa's novel gained a lot of acclaim, earning her a coveted spot as a finalist for prestigious literary awards such as the National Book Award, International Booker Prize, and World Fantasy Award.
Here is the goodreads synopsis of The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa:
On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses—until things become much more serious. Most of the island's inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten.
When a young woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past.
A surreal, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, The Memory Policeis a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language.
Source: THR