Lincoln in the Bardo
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Random House, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Clark Memorial Library - FIC - Fiction Books
SAUNDERS, GEORGE
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SAUNDERS, GEORGE
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Cottonwood Public Library - FIC - Fiction Books
SAUNDERS, G.
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SAUNDERS, G.
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Embry Riddle Aero University - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
PS3569.A789L56 2017
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PS3569.A789L56 2017
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Published
New York : Random House, [2017].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth," the president says at the time. "God has called him home." Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy's body. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins a story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state -- called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo -- a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul. Lincoln in the Bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction's ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. Saunders has invented a thrilling new form that deploys a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end?"--Publisher's description.
Awards
Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2017
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Saunders, G. (2017). Lincoln in the Bardo (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Saunders, George, 1958-. 2017. Lincoln in the Bardo. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Saunders, George, 1958-. Lincoln in the Bardo Random House, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Saunders, George. Lincoln in the Bardo First edition., Random House, 2017.
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