Lincoln in the Bardo [electronic resource] : WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
George Saunders2017
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WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
A STORY OF LOVE AFTER DEATH
'A masterpiece' Zadie Smith
'Extraordinary' Daily Mail
'Breathtaking' Observer
' A tour de force' Sunday Times
The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National
Book Award-shortlisted George Saunders, about Abraham Lincoln and the death of
his eleven year old son, Willie, at the dawn of the Civil War
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 Ti...
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Author:
George Saunders, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (288 pages)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781408871768
Language:
English
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BRN:
452736
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