Ratings9
Average rating3.8
This unsettling novella examines the choices and motivations of an insular and god-fearing community in the American south after they find a voluntarily mute stranger of ambiguous race and sex sleeping on a pew in their church. It raises questions around identity, conformity, fear of the unknown, and the need to control and categorise our environments. Reminiscent of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.