ISBN: 9789814747554
Authors:
Janice Tay
Publisher: Straits Times Press
Date of Publication: 2017-10-30
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.59
(rated by 46 readers)
Description
Sudare – a teacher of calligraphy, a connoisseur of poetry and more than eight hundred years old – is starving to death. She is one of the Kuyin, spirit beasts which eat the memories that humans wish to forget. She takes human form in order to live among them – but because she does not age, she has had to erase the memory of herself over and over again. Tired of this existence after eight centuries, she chooses the clean death of starvation. But a man fleeing a band of samurai collapses before her and, half-mad from hunger, Sudare consumes his memories, so many of them that he can no longer recall his past. When she realises what she has done, Sudare resolves to help the man to recover his identity. Their journey takes them from remote temples to the emperor’s city and its intrigues. There, they uncover secrets among the red lanterns of the courtesan district and dodge swordsmen working for Mokaga, a warlord plotting rebellion. His machinations threaten the fragile trust that Amado and Sudare have reached – and to destroy them both. A richly-detailed historical fantasy, The Memory Eaters takes readers on an adventure through an alternate version of samuraiera Japan. This compelling tale is sure to enthrall readers with its deftly woven plot, complex characters and vividly described settings, including a recognisable yet distinct take on real-world Kyoto.
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