The Resource Lincoln in the bardo : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel, George Saunders, (kit)
Lincoln in the bardo : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel, George Saunders, (kit)
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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<U+2019>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<U+2019>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 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<U+2014>called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo<U+2014>a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie<U+2019>s soul
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Book discussion group edition.
- Extent
- 14 regular print copies, 1 audiobook +
- Note
-
- Title from tag attached to tote bag
- Assembled by the Adult Services staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library for use by book discussion groups
- Copies published: Random House, 2017 (imprint may vary)
- Each copy: 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995343
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel
- Title
- Lincoln in the bardo
- Title remainder
- [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- George Saunders
- Title variation
- Gab bags
- Subject
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- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- Biographical fiction
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- trueCemeteries
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGrief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Group reading
- Historical fiction
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- truePresidents -- United States
- truePurgatory
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- trueSpirits
- trueSpiritual journeys
- 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<U+2019>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<U+2019>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 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<U+2014>called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo<U+2014>a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie<U+2019>s soul
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2018.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2017.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2017.
- Man Booker Prize, 2017.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2017.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10545974
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Saunders, George
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.A7897
- LC item number
- L56 2017
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Williamsburg Regional Library
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lincoln, Abraham
- Presidents
- Grief
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- Group reading
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel, George Saunders, (kit)
- Note
-
- Title from tag attached to tote bag
- Assembled by the Adult Services staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library for use by book discussion groups
- Copies published: Random House, 2017 (imprint may vary)
- Each copy: 350 pages
- Accompanying material
- 1 resource notebook
- Carrier category
- object
- Carrier category code
-
- nr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- three-dimensional form
- Content type code
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- tdf
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- Book discussion group edition.
- Extent
- 14 regular print copies, 1 audiobook +
- Isbn
- 9780812995343
- Lccn
- 2016004993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Please call the Adult Services Desk at 259-7720 with any questions.
- System control number
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- 942885124
- (OCoLC)942885124
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel, George Saunders, (kit)
- Note
-
- Title from tag attached to tote bag
- Assembled by the Adult Services staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library for use by book discussion groups
- Copies published: Random House, 2017 (imprint may vary)
- Each copy: 350 pages
- Accompanying material
- 1 resource notebook
- Carrier category
- object
- Carrier category code
-
- nr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- three-dimensional form
- Content type code
-
- tdf
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- Book discussion group edition.
- Extent
- 14 regular print copies, 1 audiobook +
- Isbn
- 9780812995343
- Lccn
- 2016004993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Please call the Adult Services Desk at 259-7720 with any questions.
- System control number
-
- 942885124
- (OCoLC)942885124
Subject
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- Biographical fiction
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)
- trueCemeteries
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGrief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Group reading
- Historical fiction
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- truePresidents -- United States
- truePurgatory
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- trueSpirits
- trueSpiritual journeys
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2018
- trueTroubled Times
- trueThe Blue and the Gray
- trueStylistically Complex
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2017
- trueMan Booker Prize
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2017
Appeal Terms
Appeal Terms of Lincoln in the bardo : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novelTone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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