The housekeeper and the professor

Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles – based on her shoe size or her birthday – and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son.…

The memory police

A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed t…

The housekeeper professor

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781250375971

Collation

180 p. ; 21 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 OGA t

The memory police = Polisi kenangan

Judul asli: Hisoyaka na Kessho ; teks dalam bahasa Indonesia diterjemahkan dari bahasa Jepang ; Penduduk di suatu pulau tak bernama, hidup di bawah kekuasaan rezim yang opresif. Pelan-pelan mereka mengalami amnesia kolektif. Secara berkala benda-benda mulai hilang dari ingatan mereka--bunga, burung, perahu, topi, pita, hal-hal yang tampak sepele. Apa pun yang hilang itu, tidak lagi memiliki mak…