About “Lincoln in the Bardo”
Lincoln in the Bardo is a 2017 novel by George Saunders. Set in February 1862 during the Civil War, it follows President Lincoln's grief after his son Willie dies and is laid to rest, and imagines Willie in the bardo, a purgatory-like state where ghosts mingle and a struggle erupts over his soul.
Praise for “Lincoln in the Bardo”
“A luminous feat of generosity and humanism.”
“Grief guts us all, but rarely has it been elucidated with such nuance and brilliance as in Saunders’s Civil War phantasmagoria. Heartrending yet somehow hilarious, Saunders’s zinger of an allegory holds a mirror to our perilous current moment.”
“An extended national ghost story . . . As anyone who knows Saunders’s work would expect, his first novel is a strikingly original production.”
Book details
- Published
- 2017
- Latest edition
- 2017 · ISBN 9781408871768
- ISBN
- 9780812995343
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| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln in the Bardo | 2017 | 9781408871768 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Lincoln in the Bardo | 2017 | 9781408871744 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Lincoln in the bardo | 2017 | 9781410497475 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Lincoln in the Bardo | 2017 | 9780812995343 | Buy on Amazon |
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is Lincoln in the Bardo?
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders has 343 pages.
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