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This Census-Taker is a 2016 novella by British author China Miéville. It tells the story of a boy who witnesses a violent event, which he recalls initially as his mother killing his father, but later as his father killing his mother.
5 de ene. de 2016 · 7,800 ratings1,287 reviews. For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, and Karen Russell, This Census Taker is the poignant and uncanny new novella from award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville.
12 de ene. de 2016 · 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.
This census-taker : a novella by Miéville, China, author. Publication date 2017 Topics Fathers and sons -- Fiction, Strangers -- Fiction, Census takers (Persons) -- Fiction, Census takers (Persons), Fathers and sons, Strangers Publisher London : Picador Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor
3 de ene. de 2017 · 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...
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.
A novella filled with beauty, terror and strangeness, This Census-Taker by China Mieville is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity. Other editions - View all This Census-taker: A Novella