by George Saunders
368 Pages
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2015
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3 MB
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The “Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel” is a biographical fiction novel. George Saunders is the author of this best-selling novel. George Saunders writes numerous books including Tenth of December, which was the finalist for the National Book Award, and won the inaugural Folio Prize. He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University. In this novel, the author describes a biography of President Lincoln’s beloved son Willie. Willie is a cute and intelligent boy. But he died in the White House from typhoid.
His father is worried because of his death. He wants to save his life but it’s not possible. In addition, the word Bardo from Eliot Pattison’s mysteries which are steeped in Buddhism and set in Tibet. Bardo is a Tibetan word for the provisional state between lives. The novel takes place in one night in a cemetery and the story is narrated by hundreds of voices, old and young, women, men, and children, white and black, slave and free. These residents of Saunders’ novel are in a place between life and death. To know about further, then read this biographical fiction novel. All in all, Lincoln in the Bardo is a best-selling fiction novel.