Here’s the book’s synopsis, according to Penguin Random House: “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.”
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has recently been in more households than ever with the Netflix release of his surreal Iain Reid adaptation “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” back in September. Expect “Memory Police” to be an equally free-spirited adaptation. “The Memory Police” is not Kaufman’s first adaptation of a book for another director. In 2002, he penned “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” based on the autobiography by Chuck Barris, for filmmaker George Clooney. He also wrote “Adaptation” for director Spike Jonze, inspired by Susan Orlean’s nonfiction “The Orchid Thief.” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
