This Census-Taker
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This Census-Taker is a short, enigmatic fantasy novella by China Miéville that follows a traumatized boy in a bleak, otherworldly landscape as he confronts the mystery of his parents and a sinister census-taker.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy novella
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novella ⓘ weird fiction work ⓘ |
| author | China Miéville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
the boy's father
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the boy's mother ⓘ the census-taker ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Sam Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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speculative fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
978-1-5098-1439-8
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978-1-5098-1440-4 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
books and records
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counting ⓘ holes and pits ⓘ |
| hasParatext | frame narrative as a written account ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critically acclaimed for atmosphere
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noted for ambiguity and open-endedness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novella ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Weird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
enigmatic
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minimalist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed boy narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | fragmented ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 130 ⓘ |
| partOf | Bas-Lag-adjacent universe ⓘ |
| publisher |
Picador
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tor Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed otherworldly town ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy
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isolation ⓘ memory ⓘ mystery ⓘ trauma ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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