{"product_id":"lincoln-in-the-bardo-a-novel-9780553397574","title":"Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2018 AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR  The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln  as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters  living and dead  historical and invented  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 Lincolns 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. My poor boy  he was too good for this earth  the president says at the time. God has called him home. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns  alone  to the crypt several times to hold his boys body.  From that seed of historical truth  George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic  historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle  gripe  commiserate  quarrel  and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional statecalled  in the Tibetan tradition  the bardoa monumental struggle erupts over young Willies soul.  Lincoln in the Bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Formally daring  generous in spirit  deeply concerned with matters of the heart  it is a testament to fictions ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. Saunders has invented a thrilling new form that deploys a kaleidoscopic  theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless  profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end?  The 166-person full cast features award-winning actors and musicians  as well as a number of Saunders family  friends  and members of his publishing team  including  in order of their appearance:  Nick Offerman as HANS VOLLMAN David Sedaris as ROGER BEVINS III Carrie Brownstein as ISABELLE PERKINS George Saunders as THE REVEREND EVERLY THOMAS Miranda July as MRS. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD Lena Dunham as ELISE TRAYNOR Ben Stiller as JACK MANDERS Julianne Moore as JANE ELLIS Susan Sarandon as MRS. ABIGAIL BLASS Bradley Whitford as LT. CECIL STONE Bill Hader as EDDIE BARON Megan Mullally as BETSY BARON Rainn Wilson as PERCIVAL DASH COLLIER Jeff Tweedy as CAPTAIN WILLIAM PRINCE Kat Dennings as MISS TAMARA DOOLITTLE Jeffrey Tambor as PROFESSOR EDMUND BLOOMER Mike OBrien as LAWRENCE T. DECROIX Keegan-Michael Key as ELSON FARWELL Don Cheadle as THOMAS HAVENS and Patrick Wilson as STANLEY PERFESSER LIPPERT with Kirby Heyborne as WILLIE LINCOLN  Mary Karr as MRS. ROSE MILLAND  and Cassandra Campbell as Your Narrator  Praise for the audiobook  Lincoln in the Bardo\" sets a new standard for cast recordings in its structure  in its performances  and in its boldness. Now  lets see who answers the challenge.  Chicago Tribune  Like the novel  the audiobook breaks new ground in what can be accomplished through a story. It helps that theres not a single bad note in the cast of a whopping 166 people. Its also the rare phenomenon of an audiobook being a completely different experience compared to the novel. Even if youve read the novel  the audiobook is worth a listen (and vice versa). The whole project pushes the narrative form forward.  A.V. Club  The result is an auditory experience unlike any other  where the awareness of individual voices disappears while the carefully calibrated soundscape summons a metaphysical masterpiece. This is a tour de force of audiobook production  and a dazzling realization of Saunders unique authorial structure.Booklist  The finished audiobooks tapestry of voices perfectly mirrors the novel.Entertainment Weekly  Praise for George Saunders  No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost  the unlucky  the disenfranchised.Michiko Kakutani  The New York Times  Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time.Khaled Hosseini  Few people cut as hard or deep as Saunders does.Junot Daz  George Saunders is a complete original. There is no one better  no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity.Dave Eggers  Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.Zadie Smith  There is no one like him. He is an originalbut everyone knows that.Lorrie Moore  George Saunders makes the all-but-impossible look effortless. Were lucky to have him.Jonathan Franzen  An astoundingly tuned voicegraceful  dark  authentic  and funnytelling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.Thomas Pynchon\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67913127919669,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553397575","price":99.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553397574.jpg?v=1793939606","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lincoln-in-the-bardo-a-novel-9780553397574","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}