Census
de Jesse Ball
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- 006267613X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062676139
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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New York: Ecco, 2018 A moving novel about a dying man who takes his son, a boy with Down's syndrome, with him as he takes a census in a land where all of the towns are simply identified by ascending letters of the alphabet. New, has never been read. Signed (not inscribed) by the author. Complete number line. No bumps or blemishes. A pristine copy now encased in a Brodart protective cover to keep it that way. Also includes, on a 6x5 inch (15x12 cm) letterpress piece a quotation by Franz Kafka: "From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached". All books are bubble wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.
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El Mar 13 2018, un lector dijo:
4.5★s
"My wife and I always spoke of making a trip together to show our son the country, but it never came. For one reason or another, it never came, and so I felt when my wife passed, when the idea rose in me about the census, I felt finally it was time to take out the Stafford, to drive the roads north. In her death, I felt a sure beginning of my own end – I felt I could certainly not last much longer, and so, as life is vested in variety, so we, my son, myself, we had to prolong what life we had by seeing every last thing we could put our eyes upon."
Census is the seventh novel by American poet and author, Jesse Ball. In his introduction, he explains the dedication to his older brother, Abram Ball, who had Down syndrome and died, aged twenty-four, in 1998. The surgeon and his son travel north in their (unnamed) country from City A to the town of Z in their Stafford Carriagecar, taking the Census.
In that role, they meet a large number of people, many of whom are welcoming and hospitable, whilst some others are quite the opposite. The surgeon asks his questions and hears many stories, some first-hand, others more removed. Most are kind to his son but: "It is easy for humans to be cruel, and they leap t it. They love to do it. It is an exercise of all their laughable powers."
The father notes that his son's behaviour is not always easily explicable, but "I have never sought to change what is essentially to my eyes, a basic resourcefulness that finds at any moment something profound. My wife was of the same opinion, but surely we did suffer for it. The long apologies we would have to give to the legions of helpers. But strangely, no one was ever angry about it. People became fond of him very quickly, and that has always helped."
A couple with a now-deceased Down syndrome daughter told him: "There is a kind of understanding that can grow in a place, and then everyone, every last person can be a sort of protector for them. This is a thing she can confer on others – a kind of momentary vocation, and that is a real gift… Some people were cruel to her, but here, something grew. It was a fine place for her to live, and when she died, she was missed"
There are no quotation marks for speech, which may annoy some readers, although any speech is usually apparent from the context. Similarly, for almost three quarters of the book, characters are not given names, and are distinguished only by descriptors: my wife, my son, a boy, the man, the doctor, an old man. In a way, it reflects on the anonymity of the census and is partly explained by the father's musings on our desire to name things.
Where Ball has the father saying "…we felt lucky to have had him, and lucky to become the ones who were continually with him, caring for him" it could not be clearer that this is what he and his family felt for his brother. This is a wonderfully moving tribute to an obviously loved sibling.
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- Librería
- Centigrade 233 (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001071
- Título
- Census
- Autor
- Jesse Ball
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo New
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006267613X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062676139
- Editorial
- Ecco
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2018
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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I specialize in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but I also have mysteries, thrillers and some mainstream fiction as well. Many of my books are limited editions, many of my trade editions are signed.
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