The Resource Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders
Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders
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The item Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 475 pages (large print)
- Note
- Thorndike Press large print basic
- Isbn
- 9781410497475
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo
- Title
- Lincoln in the bardo
- Statement of responsibility
- George Saunders
- Subject
-
- Fiction
- Grief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large type books
- Large type books
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- United States
- Biographical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Saunders, George
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Presidents
- Grief
- Large type books
- Grief
- Large type books
- Presidents
- United States
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders
- Note
- Thorndike Press large print basic
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1795263
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 475 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410497475
- Lccn
- 2016052463
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781410497475
- (OCoLC)962853033
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders
- Note
- Thorndike Press large print basic
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1795263
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 475 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410497475
- Lccn
- 2016052463
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781410497475
- (OCoLC)962853033
Subject
- Fiction
- Grief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large type books
- Large type books
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- United States
- Biographical fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2017
- trueStylistically Complex
- trueThe Blue and the Gray
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2018
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2017
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueMan Booker Prize
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