Lincoln in the bardo : a novel

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Label

Lincoln in the bardo : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

George Saunders

Creator

• Saunders, George, 1958-

Author

• Saunders, George, 1958-

Subject

• Historical fiction
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
• Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
• Purgatory -- Fiction
• Biographical fiction
• Lincoln, William Wallace, 1850-1862 -- Fiction
• FICTION / Ghost
• FICTION / Literary
• Biographical fiction
• Historical fiction
• Grief -- Fiction
• FICTION / Historical

Genre

• Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Biographical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body
• On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over his soul
• Set over the course of that one night and populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead, Lincoln in the Bardo is a thrilling exploration of death, grief, the powers of good and evil, a novel - in its form and voice - completely unlike anything you have read before. It is also, in the end, an exploration of the deeper meaning and possibilities of life, written as only George Saunders can: with humor, pathos, and grace

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3569.A7897

LC item number

L56 2017

Literary form

novels