{"product_id":"lincoln-in-the-bardo","title":"Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note all event books will ship about a week after the event takes place. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Novels of the Decade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e] demonstrates that even the unspeakable—civil war, familial grief—can be named through a close, humanizing narrative voice.”—Amanda Gorman for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, “25 Books That Capture This American Moment\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFebruary 1862. With the Civil War less than one year old, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. 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 that breaks free of its realistic framework into a thrilling, supernatural realm, deploying a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices—living and dead, historical and invented—to ask a timeless question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note all event books will ship about a week after the event takes place. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet your Book Stamped for Free\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGeorge Saunders (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItem Number: \u003cspan\u003e9780812985405\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52905428091200,"sku":"9780812985405","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/4528\/files\/lincoln-the-bardo-book.jpg?v=1785938372","url":"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/lincoln-in-the-bardo","provider":"The New York Public Library Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}