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Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)

di George Saunders

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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.… (altro)
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This was... a satirical paranormal alternate history fantasy, I guess.

I just could not get into it at all... I read two other books by the author and really liked them. This one, just didn't hit the mark (for me).

I read the audiobook version, all the different people were a nice touch, it really helped identify the characters by more than just their words. ( )
  philibin | Mar 25, 2024 |
A moving story of loss and regret, set in a cemetery. I just wished for an author’s note with info about the memoirs from which he drew quotations.
  debbiereads | Mar 17, 2024 |
A strange story strangely told. The flipping back and forth between narrators was a bit jarring at first, but I did become used to it. I sense this is the type of book one either loves or hates, not much in between. While I found it fascinating i am not sure I would recommend it to anyone i know as reading material. ( )
  corliss12000 | Mar 16, 2024 |
The unusual format takes a little getting used to. I had to reread the first chapter once I’d gotten the hang of it( the name of the speaker follows the section they orate.)
The emphasis on sex surprised me a bit, there are several characters for whom it is presented as the primary storyline. I understand that it deals with the various things in life that people valued or would miss in life, or that may have distracted them from other important things, but felt it was a little overemphasized.

I enjoyed the parts with Lincoln and overall found it an interesting , thought provoking read ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
"Lincoln in the Bardo" covers approximately the first 24 hours after the burial of Willie Lincoln, the president’s third son, from typhoid fever. Upon his death, Willie enters a “bardo,” a Buddhist state between your earthly life and your next reincarnation. Willie's body is placed in a crypt in Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, a place full of dead souls who won’t admit to themselves that they’re dead and fear moving onto their next plane whether that be heaven or hell. Willie’s eventual realization that he’s dead and that he should move on from the bardo is facilitated by three ghosts — Hans Vollman, Roger Bevins III, and The Reverend Everly Thomas. These ghosts act as narrators of the novel, although narrators probably isn't the right word.

The novel is split unevenly between brief chapters of historical quotations that give a glimpse into the depth of the Lincolns’ grief over the death of Willie, the fact that a state dinner was being held at the White House on the night of Willie’s death, and the growing carnage of the Civil War, and Willie’s time in the bardo alongside its many other inhabitants. This second portion of the novel, is its majority, is rendered like the dialogue of a play, where different ghosts show up and tell their stories or comment on the action with Bevins, Vollman, and Thomas being the main participants. These ghosts form a goofy parade of lost souls, each inflamed by the injustice of no longer being alive and eager to tell his or her story.

The book ends with President Lincoln leaving the cemetery with the resolve that the Civil War must be won what ever the human costs meaning that Willie’s death in a way represents all of the young soldiers who have and will die.

As you might expect this is quite an odd book at times amusing at others quite touching but I also found it a bit of a mixed experience. I felt that the most effective parts are when we see President Lincoln grieving over his son but this is interspersed with a lot snappy dialogue that whilst it reads quickly seems to take a long time to to get anywhere. This is my first experience of George Saunders works but I will certainly be on the outlook for more. ( )
  PilgrimJess | Mar 1, 2024 |
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Saunders, Georgeautore primariotutte le edizioniconfermato
Offerman, NickNarratoreautore principalealcune edizioniconfermato
Sedaris, DavidNarratoreautore principalealcune edizioniconfermato
Bachman, Barbara MDesignerautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Brownstein, CarrieNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Cardinal, ChelseaProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Cheadle, DonNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Dennings, KatNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Dughet, HaspardImmagine di copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Dunham, LenaNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Hader, BillNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Heinimann, GregProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
July, Miranda Narratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Karr, MaryNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Pye, JohnImmagine di copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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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.

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