Lincoln in the Bardo
Häftad bok. Random House . 2017. 350 sidor.
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ENGELSK TEXT. Format 21 x 14 cm Vikt 300 g.
Häftad bok med mjuka pärmar. An experimental novel and George Saunders's first full-length novel. Many publications ranked it one of the best novels of its decade. The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln and deals with the president's grief at his loss. The bulk of the novel, which takes place over the course of a single evening, is set in the bardo— an intermediate space between life and rebirth.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780525511083
- Titel
- Lincoln in the Bardo
- Författare
- Saunders, George
- Förlag
- Random House USA
- Utgivningsår
- 2017
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 139 x 209 mm Ryggbredd 20 mm
- Vikt
- 500 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- The American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. From this seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of realism, entering a thrilling, supernatural domain both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself trapped in a transitional realm - called, in Tibetan tradition, the bardo - and as ghosts mingle, squabble, gripe and commiserate, and stony tendrils creep towards the boy, a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul. Unfolding over a single night, Lincoln in the Bardo is written with George Saunders' inimitable humour, pathos and grace. Here he invents an exhilarating new form, and is confirmed as one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Deploying a theatrical, kaleidoscopic panoply of voices - living and dead, historical and fictional - Lincoln in the Bardo poses a timeless question: how do we live and love when we know that everything we hold dear must end?
