Census Jesse Ball
Census Jesse Ball 'CENSUS is a vital testament to selfless love; a psalm to commonplace miracles; and a mysterious evolving metaphor. Knowing that his time is menacingly short, the father takes his…
Specifikacia Census Jesse Ball
Census Jesse Ball
'CENSUS is a vital testament to selfless love; a psalm to commonplace miracles; and a mysterious evolving metaphor. Knowing that his time is menacingly short, the father takes his son, who requires close and constant adult guidance, on this trip of indefinite length. So kind, it aches.' David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasA father and son who are census takers journey across a nameless country from the town of A to the town of Z in the wake of the father's fatal diagnosis.
Census is about the ways in which people react to the son's condition, to the son as a person in the world. Their feelings for each other are challenged and bolstered as they move in and out of a variety of homes, meeting a variety of different people. It is about discrimination and acceptance, kindness and art, education and love.
It is a profoundly moving novel, glowing with wisdom and grace, roaring with a desire to change the world.