This Census-Taker
  • Published:
    Jan-2016 (Hardcover)
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Fantasy
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    224
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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 MiƩville.

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.
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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Jan-2017
    • Del Rey
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 110196734X
    • ISBN13: 9781101967348
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Pan Books (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 150981213X
    • ISBN13: 9781509812134
    • First Edition
    • Jan-2016
    • Del Rey
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1101967323
    • ISBN13: 9781101967324
    •  
    • Aug-2016
    • Subterranean Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1596067985
    • ISBN13: 9781596067981
    •  
    • Jan-2016
    • Picador
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1509812156
    • ISBN13: 9781509812158
    •  
    • Jan-2016
    • Picador
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1743549199
    • ISBN13: 9781743549193
    •  
    • Jan-2016
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101967331
    • ISBN13: 9781101967331
    •  
    • Jan-2016
    • Random House Audio
    • Audible
    •  
    • Feb-2016
    • Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
    • Audible



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