by George Saunders · Bloomsbury Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781408871775
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«Lincoln in the Bardo» is the magic realism novel by George Saunders, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in paperback (368 pages, in English).
In the midst of the Civil War, Willie, Abraham Lincoln's eleven-year-old son, falls ill and dies; Lincoln, shattered by grief, visits the crypt to hold him. The story delves into the supernatural: Willie becomes trapped in the bardo, a transitional state between life and death, while a struggle erupts over his soul during a single night.
Winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize, it is George Saunders's first novel and was a finalist for the Golden Man Booker Prize.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction, historical fiction, and magic realism interested in grief and parenthood.
George Saunders is an American writer. He is best known for his short stories and his novel Lincoln in the Bardo (2017), which won the Booker Prize. Saunders's short stories have been published as several collections, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) and Tenth of December: Stories (2013).
