LEADER 02296nam 22003973 450 001 9910155201303321 005 20230808200839.0 010 $a1-101-96733-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000973912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6107202 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6107202 035 $a(OCoLC)973985879 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000973912 100 $a20210901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThis Census-Taker $eA Novel 210 1$aWestminster :$cRandom House Publishing Group,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (159 pages) 311 $a1-101-96732-3 330 $a"For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Mieville. In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He tries--and fails--to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? Filled with beauty, terror, and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"After his mother goes missing, a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged father. When an odd man knocks on his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation are over. But will this stranger at last trigger the doom the boy has feared or will he somehow save the boy from the worst?"--$cProvided by publisher. 676 $a823/.914 686 $aFIC019000$aFIC009000$aFIC009010$2bisacsh 700 $aMie?ville$b China$0572398 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155201303321 996 $aThis Census-Taker$92882801 997 $aUNINA