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Supernatural fusion of history, grief, and wit.

"Lincoln in the Bardo" is a book that transcends typical narrative forms, perfectly blending the historical with the supernatural. The vivid imagination of George Saunders brings to life a transitional world that's equal parts heart-wrenching and humorous. It's a poignant exploration of a father's love that manages to be innovative in its storytelling. If you're ready to dive into a tale that's as much about the afterlife as it is about human emotions, you'll find this Man Booker Prize winner a fulfilling read.

  • Booker Prize (2017)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2019)
  • Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2018)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2017)
  • Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2017)
  • Gordon Burn Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Golden Man Booker Prize Nominee (2018)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Lincoln in the Bardo

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ISBN: 9781526603968
Authors: George Saunders
Date of Publication: 2018-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Literature, War, Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 161985 readers)

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In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transcendent, and moving work yet. Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus of voices, Lincoln in the Bardo is a literary experience unlike any other—for no one but Saunders could conceive it. 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 returned to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a thrilling, 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
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Supernatural fusion of history, grief, and wit.

"Lincoln in the Bardo" is a book that transcends typical narrative forms, perfectly blending the historical with the supernatural. The vivid imagination of George Saunders brings to life a transitional world that's equal parts heart-wrenching and humorous. It's a poignant exploration of a father's love that manages to be innovative in its storytelling. If you're ready to dive into a tale that's as much about the afterlife as it is about human emotions, you'll find this Man Booker Prize winner a fulfilling read.

  • Booker Prize (2017)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award Nominee (2019)
  • Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2018)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2017)
  • Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2017)
  • Gordon Burn Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Golden Man Booker Prize Nominee (2018)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.