Saunders, G: Lincoln in the Bardo
A Novel. Man Booker Prize 2017
(Sprache: Englisch)
The long-awaited first novel from the bestselling author of Tenth of December--a moving and original father-son story starring Abraham Lincoln alongside an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented--is now a Man Booker Prize winner
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The long-awaited first novel from the bestselling author of Tenth of December--a moving and original father-son story starring Abraham Lincoln alongside an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented--is now a Man Booker Prize winner
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEThe devastatingly moving (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: 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
Named One of Paste s Best Novels of the Decade Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, USA Today, and Maureen Corrigan, NPR One of Time s Ten Best Novels of the Year A New York Times Notable Book One of O: The Oprah Magazine s Best Books of the Year
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 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.
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
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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?
A luminous feat of generosity and humanism. Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review
A masterpiece. Zadie Smith
A luminous feat of generosity and humanism. Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review
A masterpiece. Zadie Smith
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Autoren-Porträt von George Saunders
George Saunders wurde 1958 geboren und wuchs in Chicago auf. Seine Kurzgeschichten wurden zweimal mit dem National Magazine Award ausgezeichnet. George Saunders lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei Töchtern in Rochester bei New York.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: George Saunders
- 368 Seiten, Maße: 13,9 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0525511083
- ISBN-13: 9780525511083
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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