Yoko Ogawa Reads from 'The Memory Police' | The Booker Prize

Author Yoko Ogawa reads from The Memory Police in its original language (Japanese) and talks to us about her 2020 shortlisted novel.

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[tanjunhao]

The tones and sounds in the original Japanese piece really touches the skill