This Census Taker by China
A boy on a remote hillside witnesses—or believes he witnesses—a violent act by his father, a reclusive maker of strange keys, and seeks help from a wary town that doubts his story. In a fractured, dreamlike world of ruins, feral children, and a bottomless pit, he wrestles with missing memories and a mother who may be dead or gone. When a cryptic official arrives to tally people and secrets, the boy is drawn into an austere bureaucracy where counting becomes a form of power and escape.
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- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 144-160
- Original Language
- English
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