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In this unsettling allegory from Japanese author Ogawa (The Housekeeper and the Professor), a young novelist suffers the knowledge that everything around her will disappear and live someplace beyond her memory. On an unnamed island, its residents wake up most mornings to the discovery that something has been removed from daily life — maybe perfume or roses, later calendars and novels — and once they vanish physically, they also vanish ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More