Census: A Novel Paperback - 2019
by Ball, Jesse
- Used
Description
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Details
- Title Census: A Novel
- Author Ball, Jesse
- Binding Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press
- Date 2019-05-07
- Bookseller's Inventory # 531ZZZ003HM2_ns
- ISBN 9780062676146 / 0062676148
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Topical: Family
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.6
From the rear cover
When a widower learns that he doesn't have long to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son, who has Down syndrome. With a desire to see the country on one last trip with his son, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau.
Traveling farther into the country, through towns named by letters of the alphabet, the man and his son encounter a wide range of human experience. While some townspeople welcome the pair into their homes, others are wary of their presence. As they approach Z, the man must ask: What is the purpose of the census? And just how will he learn to say goodbye to his son?
Wrenching and beautiful, Census is a novel about free will, the power of memory, and the ferocity of parental love. It is also an indictment of the cruelties of our society by a major writer.