This Census-Taker

Zusatztext This Census-Taker is the book you read when you're looking for something that will haunt your dreams for weeks (or months) after you put it down. It is a grown-up fairy tale with a black and murderous heart, about a boy convinced that his father is a murderer. One of China Miéville's greatest strengths is his ability to see his imaginary worlds through the eyes of his characters, not of his readers . . . This is Miéville at his most sparse, his most controlled and restrained Informationen zum Autor China Miéville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice. The City & The City , an existential thriller, was published to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell and Philip K. Dick. His novel Embassytown was a first and widely praised foray into science fiction. Klappentext 'Amazing'The Times 'Astonishing'Daily Telegraph Vorwort A stunning, uncanny and profoundly moving novella from multiple award-winning author China Miéville. Zusammenfassung A stunning, uncanny and profoundly moving novella from multiple award-winning author China Miéville.

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A short, dark fairytale, Kafka rewritten by David Mitchell, and may well be the best thing you'll read all year. Alex Preston, 'Fiction highlights for 2016' Guardian

Product details

• Authors: China Mieville, China Miéville
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.02.2017
• EAN: 9781509812134
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-1213-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary