
Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
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George Saunders has written in an unique and effective style. Some of the chapters are excerpts from historical observations about the days around the death of Lincoln's son, Willie. This is at a time when the war was going very poorly for the Union. Other chapters are based on a cast of characters of spirits stuck in the cemetery where Willie's body is interred. This is the bardo. They have died but have not accepted that and have not gone on to what comes next.
The writing portrays Lincoln's stunned grief over Willie's death entwined with his feelings of responsibility for battlefield deaths. There are touches of light-heartedness from the spirits.
The ending felt a little forced.
The writing portrays Lincoln's stunned grief over Willie's death entwined with his feelings of responsibility for battlefield deaths. There are touches of light-heartedness from the spirits.
The ending felt a little forced.

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