Census e-bog
90,41 DKK
(inkl. moms 113,01 DKK)
NAMED A RECOMMENDEDBOOK OF 2018BY The New York Times The Chicago Reader Nylon The Boston Globe The Huffington Post The Rumpus The AV Club Southern Living The Millions Buzzfeed Esquire Publishers WeeklyA powerful and moving new novel from an award-winning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of townsWhen a widower r...
E-bog
90,41 DKK
Forlag
Ecco
Udgivet
6 marts 2018
Længde
272 sider
Genrer
Fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062676153
NAMED A RECOMMENDEDBOOK OF 2018BY The New York Times The Chicago Reader Nylon The Boston Globe The Huffington Post The Rumpus The AV Club Southern Living The Millions Buzzfeed Esquire Publishers WeeklyA powerful and moving new novel from an award-winning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of townsWhen a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesnt have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult sona 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,Censusis a novel about free will, grief, the power of memory, and the ferocity of parental love, from one of our most captivating young writers.