Lincoln in the Bardo

Saunders, George, 1958- author

Overview

\"The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. From this seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of realism, entering a thrilling, supernatural domain both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself trapped in a transitional realm - called, in Tibetan tradition, the bardo - and as ghosts mingle, squabble, gripe, and commiserate, and stony tendrils creep towards the boy, a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul. Unfolding over a single night, 'Lincoln in the Bardo' is written with George Saunders' inimitable humour, pathos, and grace.\" --Cover.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury,CPI Group
• Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Fiction / Lincoln, William Wallace, 1850-1862 Fiction / United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction
• ISBN: 1408871777, 9781408871775, 9781526603968, 1526603969

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS 3569 .A7897 L56 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE