Lincoln in the Bardo
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2019 | Shortlist |
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2018 | Shortlist |
| Booker Prize | 2017 | Winner |
About This Book
On a February night in 1862, President Lincoln visits the cemetery where his eleven-year-old son Willie has just been buried. In the graveyard's bardo—the liminal state between death and whatever lies beyond—Willie's spirit, along with a cast of eccentric ghostly characters, tries to understand what has happened and whether the boy will cross over or remain.
About the Author
George Saunders is an American short story writer, novelist, and essayist widely regarded as the most gifted and distinctive American short fiction writer of his generation. Born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1958, he studied geotechnical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and worked as a geophysical engineer before receiving an MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University, where he later became a professor of creative writing. Saunders is best known for his short story collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996), Pastoralia (2000), In Persuasion Nation (2006), and Tenth of December (2013), which won the Story Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Folio Prize. Read more →
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