The Resource Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders, (text large print)
Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders, (text large print)
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The item Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 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 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 called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 475 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410497475
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo
- Title
- Lincoln in the bardo
- Statement of responsibility
- George Saunders
- 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 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 called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul."--Amazon.com
- 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 2017b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lincoln, Abraham
- Presidents
- Grief
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders, (text large print)
- 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
- 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
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- 962853033
- (OCoLC)962853033
- Label
- Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- 962853033
- (OCoLC)962853033
Subject
- Historical fiction
- Large type books
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
Genre
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- trueThe Blue and the Gray
- trueTroubled Times
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2018
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2017
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueMan Booker Prize
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2017
- trueStylistically Complex
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