{"product_id":"9780812985405","title":"Lincoln in the Bardo","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years \u003c\/b\u003e• One of \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003es Best Novels of the Decade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A luminous feat of generosity and humanism.”—Colson Whitehead, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e “A masterpiece.”\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"George Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47682008383744,"sku":"9780812985405","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_12799856-cbee-433d-821b-ec880012c0d6.jpg?v=1770839102","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9780812985405","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}