Memory Management and Identity: Confronting the Past in Bora Jin’s Dystopian World

Imagine a memory maintenance system—one that doesn’t simply help you mourn your pain, trauma, or loss, but allows you to reshape your past entirely. In this world, forgetting isn’t a personal choice; it’s a societal necessity.

Bom has been part of the Memory Management System since birth. But when her grandfather dies, she begins to question what the system truly means. Does she really want to forget? Or will she become someone who disrupts the order by holding on to her memories?

In Memory Maintenance, Bora Jin explores the themes of identity and reckoning with the past in a dystopian future where memory is no longer private. A striking novel that questions the essence of human nature—and the meaning of remembering and forgetting.