BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20251212T000000Z DTEND:20251212T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Brave New World Book Club: The Memory Police DESCRIPTION:Brave New World Book Club is an opportunity to discuss books that challenge our views of the world and society. We read a range of dystopian\, speculative fiction\, science fiction\, and other genres that force us to take a deeper look at the world around us.. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa: 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 to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. When a young writer discovers that her editor is in danger\, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards\, and together they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. Powerful and provocative\, The Memory Police is a stunning novel about the trauma of loss. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Brave New World Book Club is an opportunity to discuss books that challenge our views of the world and society. We read a range of dystopian\, speculative fiction\, science fiction\, and other genres that force us to take a deeper look at the world around us.. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa: 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 to ensuring that what has disappeared \;remains forgotten. When a young writer discovers that her editor \;is in danger\, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards\, and \;together they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. \;Powerful and provocative\, The Memory Police is a stunning novel about \;the trauma of loss. LOCATION:Clear Lake Public Library 200 N 4th St UID:e.1102.740099 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260514T065845Z URL:https://members.clearlakeiowa.com/events/details/brave-new-world-book-club-the-memory-police-740099 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR