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001 2015037269
003 DLC
005 20151006090755.0
008 151005s2016 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2015037269
020 $a9781101967324 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
020 $z9781101967331 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPR6063.I265$bT48 2016
082 00 $a823/.914$223
084 $aFIC019000$aFIC009000$aFIC009010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMiéville, China.
245 10 $aThis census-taker /$cChina Miéville.
250 $aFirst edition.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aNew York :$bDel Rey,$c[2016]
300 $apages ; cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Mieville. In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He tries--and fails--to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? Filled with beauty, terror, and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"After his mother goes missing, a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged father. When an odd man knocks on his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation are over. But will this stranger at last trigger the doom the boy has feared or will he somehow save the boy from the worst?"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Fantasy / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aFantasy fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781101967324.jpg