China Miéville

This Census-Taker (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a 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?

A novella filled with beauty, terror and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509812158
• Artikelnr.: 44756318

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

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