{"product_id":"lincoln-in-the-bardo-book","title":"Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy George Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Read It Forward Editors‰۪ Favorite Books of 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead the bestselling novel everyone is talking about and join the conversation about this innovative work of historical fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited first novel from the author of \u003cem\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/em\u003e: a moving and original father‰ÛÒson story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebruary 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. ‰ÛÏMy poor boy, he was too good for this earth,‰۝ the president says at the time. ‰ÛÏGod has called him home.‰۝ Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy‰۪s body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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‰ÛÓcalled, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo‰ÛÓa monumental struggle erupts over young Willie‰۪s soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/em\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGEORGE SAUNDERS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eIn Persuasion Nation\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePastoralia\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCivilWarLand in Bad Decline\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Braindead Megaphone\u003c\/em\u003e; and a children‰۪s book, \u003cem\u003eThe Very Persistent Gappers of Frip\u003c\/em\u003e. His work appears regularly in the New Yorker, Harper‰۪s and GQ. In 2006, he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation ‰ÛÏgenius grant.‰۝ In 2000, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e named him one of the ‰ÛÏBest Writers Under 40.‰۝ He is a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. He teaches at Syracuse University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"outofprint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35657925787805,"sku":"ZB-BOOK-1058-01-BK","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/0082\/4733\/products\/ZB-BOOK-1058_Lincoln-in-the-Bardo-hardcover-book_01.jpg?v=1597317788","url":"https:\/\/lisettel17-com.myshopify.com\/products\/lincoln-in-the-bardo-book","provider":"lisettel17.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}