{"product_id":"this-census-taker-paperback","title":"This Census-Taker - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChina Miéville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, \u003ci\u003eThis Census-Taker\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with beauty, terror, and strangeness, \u003ci\u003eThis Census-Taker\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThis Census-Taker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The book haunts the reader; \u003ci\u003ewhat actually happened\u003c\/i\u003e seems always just out of reach, glimpsed in shadow as it rounds a corner ahead of our vision.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Mieville's] been compared to Karen Russell and George Saunders, and rightfully so.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Marvellous.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Lingers in the mind like an unsettling dream.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A thought-provoking fairy tale for adults . . . [\u003ci\u003eThis Census-Taker\u003c\/i\u003e] resembles the narrative style, quirkiness, and plotting found in the works of Karen Russell, Aimee Bender, or Steven Millhauser.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChina Miéville\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThree Moments of an Explosion, The City \u0026amp; The City, Embassytown, Railsea, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePerdido Street Station\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have won the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (three times). He lives and works in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54051479028019,"sku":"9781101967348","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/caIVo8O5P79781101967348.webp?v=1788996176","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/this-census-taker-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}