Dystopia books from Japan
Recommended dystopia books (4)
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If you are into dystopia here are some dystopia books from Japan for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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De geheugenpolitie by Yoko Ogawa NL
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De bewoners van een eiland krijgen het steeds lastiger als steeds meer zaken vanwege staatswege verdwijnen.
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro EN
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remains of the Day comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) with an extraordinary twist—a moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic. As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time... continue
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The Last Children of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada EN
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A dreamlike story of filial love and glimmering hope, set in a future where the old live almost-forever and children's lives are all too brief.