The Resource Census, Jesse Ball
Census, Jesse Ball
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- Summary
- "When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn?t have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son?a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son. Traveling into the country, through towns named only by ascending letters of the alphabet, the man and his son encounter a wide range of human experience. While some townspeople welcome them into their homes, others who bear the physical brand of past censuses on their ribs are wary of their presence. When they press toward the edges of civilization, the landscape grows wilder, and the towns grow farther apart and more blighted by industrial decay. As they approach “Z,” the man must confront a series of questions: What is the purpose of the census? Is he complicit in its mission? And just how will he learn to say good-bye to his son? Mysterious and evocative, Census is a novel about free will, grief, 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."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062676139
- Label
- Census
- Title
- Census
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesse Ball
- Title variation
- Census
- Title variation remainder
- a novel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn?t have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son?a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son. Traveling into the country, through towns named only by ascending letters of the alphabet, the man and his son encounter a wide range of human experience. While some townspeople welcome them into their homes, others who bear the physical brand of past censuses on their ribs are wary of their presence. When they press toward the edges of civilization, the landscape grows wilder, and the towns grow farther apart and more blighted by industrial decay. As they approach “Z,” the man must confront a series of questions: What is the purpose of the census? Is he complicit in its mission? And just how will he learn to say good-bye to his son? Mysterious and evocative, Census is a novel about free will, grief, 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."--Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- T7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ball, Jesse
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3602.A596
- LC item number
- C46 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Census takers (Persons)
- Fathers and sons
- Voyages and travels
- Terminally ill
- Down syndrome
- Label
- Census, Jesse Ball
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062676139
- Lccn
- bl2018001463
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1025328133
- Label
- Census, Jesse Ball
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062676139
- Lccn
- bl2018001463
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1025328133
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