01800cam a2200325 i 4500 1262001017 TxAuBib 160229s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016004993 9780812995343 hardcover 0812995341 hardcover (OCoLC)10717 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO YDXCP BDX BTCTA QX9 GRN LAP JAS YDX OCLCO DPL OCLCO T7R TxAuBib rda Saunders, George, 1958-, author. Lincoln in the bardo : a novel / George Saunders. First edition. New York : Random House, [2017] 341 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. Set over the course of that one night and populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead, Lincoln in the Bardo is a thrilling exploration of death, grief, the powers of good and evil, a novel - in its form and voice - completely unlike anything you have read before. It is also, in the end, an exploration of the deeper meaning and possibilities of life, written as only George Saunders can: with humor, pathos, and grace. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Fiction. Presidents United States Fiction. Grief Fiction. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction.