The Memory Library

by Antonia Pont

After an unspecified disaster, the future is quiet and analogue. Behind a doorway in the old town, a private library service flourishes. Signed up by the inscrutable Charlie, patrons subscribe to a membership they don’t fully understand. Retro-tainment, existential eavesdropping, or the future of self-help?

Whether heartbreak, a rainstorm, or habitual brittleness leads you to The Memory Library, your contributions can be accommodated.

214 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2024

Reviews

[Hollie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an okay read. The first half felt like it was never ending and was hard to read. I kept on finding myself wishing it to end. There was a point I was highly thinking of DNFing it. The second half picked up and was a lot more interesting than the first half. I'm just glad I finished it.

[Isobel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not smart enough to say something profound about this book, but I will say that I am totally adding “mentally undercooked” to my list of favourite insults.

[David Gostelow · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very compelling short story. I must read again. great sprawling ideas of wisdom and ancient knowledge.