This census-taker a novella
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- ISBN: 9781101967331
- ISBN: 1101967331
- ISBN: 1101967323
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1 online resource. - Publisher: New York : Del Rey/Random House Publishing Group, 2016.
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Subject: | Fathers and sons -- Fiction Strangers -- Fiction Census takers (Persons) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Electronic books. Fantasy fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Abandoned in a remote hilltop house with his increasingly unstable father after his mother goes missing, a little boy welcomes a stranger into the home in the hopes of ending his isolation only to confront doubts about his safety and salvation. By the Hugo Award-winning author of Three Moments of an Explosion. - Random House, Inc.
For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR
In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He tries'and fails'to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape.
When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over.
But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether?
Filled with beauty, terror, and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity.
Praise for This Census-Taker
"China Miéville is a magician . . . who can both blow your mind with ideas as big as the universe and break your heart with language so precise and polished, it's like he's writing with diamonds.''NPR
'the book haunts the reader; what actually happened seems always just out of reach, glimpsed in shadow as it rounds a corner ahead of our vision.''Los Angeles Review of Books
'[Mieville's] been compared to Karen Russell and George Saunders, and rightfully so.''the Huffington Post
'marvellous.''the Guardian
'Lingers in the mind like an unsettling dream.''Financial Times
'A thought-provoking fairy tale for adults . . . [This Census-Taker] resembles the narrative style, quirkiness, and plotting found in the works of Karen Russell, Aimee Bender, or Steven Millhauser.''Booklist
'Brief and dreamlike . . . a deceptively simple story whose plot could be taken as a symbolic representation of an aspect of humanity as big as an entire society and as small as a single soul.''Kirkus Reviews - Random House, Inc.
For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR
In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He triesâand failsâto flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape.
When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over.
But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether?
Filled with beauty, terror, and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity.
Praise for This Census-Taker
âChina Miéville is a magician . . . who can both blow your mind with ideas as big as the universe and break your heart with language so precise and polished, itâs like heâs writing with diamonds.ââNPR
âThe book haunts the reader; what actually happened seems always just out of reach, glimpsed in shadow as it rounds a corner ahead of our vision.ââLos Angeles Review of Books
â[Mievilleâs] been compared to Karen Russell and George Saunders, and rightfully so.ââThe Huffington Post
âMarvellous.ââThe Guardian
âLingers in the mind like an unsettling dream.ââFinancial Times
âA thought-provoking fairy tale for adults . . . [This Census-Taker] resembles the narrative style, quirkiness, and plotting found in the works of Karen Russell, Aimee Bender, or Steven Millhauser.ââBooklist
âBrief and dreamlike . . . a deceptively simple story whose plot could be taken as a symbolic representation of an aspect of humanity as big as an entire society and as small as a single soul.ââKirkus Reviews