Lincoln in the Bardo
(Book on CD)
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Published
[New York, NY] : Random House, Inc., 2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (7hrs. 30min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Book on CD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Book on CD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Book on CD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
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Published
[New York, NY] : Random House, Inc., 2017.
Format
Book on CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
UPC
9780553397574
Notes
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and a full cast.
Description
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.
Awards
Man Booker Prize, 2017.
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