The Resource Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel, George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel, George Saunders
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The item Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel, George Saunders represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Tyngsborough Public Library.
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- 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. 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
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- eng
- Label
- Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel
- Title
- Lincoln in the Bardo
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- George Saunders
- Subject
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- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- FICTION -- Ghost
- FICTION -- Historical
- FICTION -- Literary
- Ghost stories
- Grief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Historical
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- 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. 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 note
- 2017 Man Booker Prize winner.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Saunders, George
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- PS3569.A7897
- LC item number
- L56 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Lariat Reading List 2018
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lincoln, Abraham
- Presidents
- Grief
- Grief
- Grief
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Label
- Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel, George Saunders
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn942885124
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812985405
- Lccn
- 2016004993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 40026860053
- 9780812995343
- Stock number
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- BRO-copy20170210-060
- BRO-cust20170214-054
- BRO-cust20170412-091
- System control number
- (OCoLC)942885124
- Label
- Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel, George Saunders
- 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
- ocn942885124
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812985405
- Lccn
- 2016004993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 40026860053
- 9780812995343
- Stock number
-
- BRO-copy20170210-060
- BRO-cust20170214-054
- BRO-cust20170412-091
- System control number
- (OCoLC)942885124
Subject
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- FICTION -- Ghost
- FICTION -- Historical
- FICTION -- Literary
- Ghost stories
- Grief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Historical
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
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