Lincoln in the bardo :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
6 audio discs (7 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
[Unabridged].
Production / Publication Information
[New York] : Random House Audio ; [Westminster, Maryland] : Random House Audio, [2017]
Summary
February 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. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returned to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. 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.
Call Number
BCD SAUNDERS
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780553397574 9780553397598
Lincoln in the Bardo :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
343 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Random House, [2017]
Summary
"February 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. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins a story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its 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. Lincoln in the Bardo 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?"--Publisher's description.
Call Number
FIC SAUNDERS
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780812995343 9780553397574 9780812995350 9780812985405
Lincoln in the bardo
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Production / Publication Information
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
Summary
On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over his soul.
Call Number
LP FIC SAUNDERS
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781410497475
by
Saunders, George
Format:
eAudiobook
Electronic Format:
LIBBY AUDIOBOOK, MP3
Vendor
Libby
by
Saunders, George
Format:
eBook
Electronic Format:
HTML, ADOBE EPUB, KINDLE
Vendor
Libby
Dark testament :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
135 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Production / Publication Information
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023.
Summary
"With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths--the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with our present moment, a call to action, and a plea for a more just future. Along with the poems, Dark Testament includes a stirring introduction by the author that speaks to the content of the poetry, a Q&A with George Saunders, and a full-color photo-insert that commemorates victims of unlawful killings with photographs of memorials that have been created in their honor."--Publisher marketing.
Call Number
811.6 SMI YA
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
ISBN
9781250854360
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