{"product_id":"lincoln-in-the-bardo-9780812995343","title":"Lincoln in the Bardo","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e\"devastatingly moving\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003efirst novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es Best Novels of the Decade - Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, USA Today, \u003c\/i\u003eand Maureen Corrigan, NPR - One of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Novels of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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--called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo--a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\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?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A luminous feat of generosity and humanism.\"--Colson Whitehead, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"A masterpiece.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812995343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2016 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644467212444,"sku":"9780812995343","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8acf478a-1891-41bd-873b-2ae68225f8b9.jpg?v=1603858699","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lincoln-in-the-bardo-9780812995343","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}