6/4/2023 0 Comments George saunders bardoThe story is told from the perspective of three of the Bardo’s residents who try to acclimatise young Willie to his new surroundings whilst taking an interest in the tall stranger who keeps returning to his son’s body. They see their coffins as ‘sick boxes,’ prescribed by their doctor to help them recover, and they still believe that sooner or later they’ll be able to return to their loved ones. Meanwhile, in the Bardo, Willie wakes to find himself in a strange purgatory where most of the other inhabitants don’t even realise they’ve died. The novel begins on the night of young William ‘Willie’ Lincoln’s death and follows Abraham Lincoln as he visits his son’s crypt in the night to hold him one last time and try to make sense of his loss, whilst also searching for the strength to lead America out of the bloody civil war that rages on.
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