Lincoln in the bardo : (Record no. 3189)
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| fixed length control field | 02127nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240305123242.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780812995343 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | GESM |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Saunders, George |
| 240 00 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Lincoln in the bardo : a novel |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lincoln in the bardo : |
| Remainder of title | a novel |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | George Saunders |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Random House |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 341 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 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? |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | United States |
| -- | Presidents |
| -- | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 |
| -- | Grief |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| English Fiction Adolescent-Adult | GESM Library | GESM Library | Main Library | 30/10/2018 | EFA/ HF/ SAU L736 | E0004410 | 27/12/2024 | 30/10/2018 | Books |