Lincoln in the bardo a novel
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...
| Main Author: | Saunders, George, 1958- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Offerman, Nick, 1970- (Narrator), Sedaris, David (Narrator), Brownstein, Carrie, 1974- (Narrator), Cheadle, Don (Narrator), Dennings, Kat, 1986- (Narrator), Dunham, Lena, 1986- (Narrator), Hader, Bill, 1978- (Narrator), July, Miranda, 1974- (Narrator), Key, Keegan-Michael, 1971- (Narrator), Moore, Julianne (Narrator), Mullally, Megan (Narrator), O'Brien, Mike, 1976- (Narrator), Sarandon, Susan, 1946- (Narrator), Stiller, Ben, 1965- (Narrator), Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944- (Narrator), Tweedy, Jeff, 1967- (Narrator), Whitford, Bradley (Narrator), Wilson, Patrick, 1973- (Narrator), Wilson, Rainn, 1966- (Narrator) |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[New York] : [Westminster, Maryland] :
Random House Audio ; Random House Audio,
[2017]
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| Edition: | [Unabridged]. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from container. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: |
6 audio discs (7 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: |
07:30:00 |
| ISBN: |
0553397575 9780553397574 0553397591 9780553397598 |
| Author Notes: |
(Publisher Provided) |