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Author
Saunders, George, 1958- author.
Pub Date:
2017
Call No.
SAUNDERS
Format
Books
Summary
From the seed of historical truth that is the death of President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son Willie, George Saunders spins a "story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm ... 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"--Amazon.com.
ISBN
9780812995343
Author
Saunders, George, 1958- author, narrator. Offerman, Nick, 1970- narrator. Sedaris, David, narrator. Brownstein, Carrie, 1974- narrator. Cheadle, Don, narrator.
Pub Date:
2017
Electronic Access:
Call No.
SAUNDERS
Format
Audio disc
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.
ISBN
9780553397574
UPC
9780553397574
Author
Smith, Crystal Simone, author. Container of (work): Saunders, George. Lincoln in the Bardo.
Pub Date:
2023
Call No.
811.6 SMI
Format
Books
Summary
"With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths--the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with our present moment, a call to action, and a plea for a more just future. Along with the poems, Dark Testament includes a stirring introduction by the author that speaks to the content of the poetry, a Q&A with George Saunders, and a full-color photo-insert that commemorates victims of unlawful killings with photographs of memorials that have been created in their honor."--Publisher marketing.
ISBN
9781250854360
Author
Saunders, George, 1958-
Pub Date:
2007
Call No.
814.54 SAU
Format
Books
ISBN
9781594482564
Author
Saunders, George, 1958- author. Container of (expression): Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852. Nos. English (Struve) Container of (expression): Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Kryzhovnik. English (Yarmolinsky) Container of (expression): Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Na podvode. English (Yarmolinsky) Container of (expression): Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Dushechka. English (Yarmolinsky)
Pub Date:
2021
Call No.
891.708 SAU
Format
Books
Summary
"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches each of these stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a writer must foster. For the process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is as much a craft as it is a quality of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes. Funny, frank, and rigorous, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain ultimately shows how great fiction can change a person's life and become a benchmark of one's moral and ethical beliefs"--
ISBN
9781984856029
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