It may make you cry in parts and laugh in some others. It was a New York Times and USA Today best seller, and it won the Man Booker Prize in 2017. The narrative then presents several historical entries regarding the horrors and violence of the American Civil War. George Saunders’ novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, is exhilarating and experimental. Lincoln recalls precious memories of Willie, and he thinks of how terrible death and grief are. They attempt to motivate him to return to Willie. They merge with Lincoln and are flooded with vague memories of Lincoln’s past. Vollman and Bevins then find Abraham Lincoln sitting in a patch of grass, looking quite sad and defeated. Prince admits that he was unfaithful in his marriage and deeply repents, and in that moment, he passes on to the next stage of the afterlife, disappearing in what the others call “the matterlightblooming phenomenon” (140). Prince is a soldier, and he speaks aloud about his life, addressing his remarks to his wife, who is not present. Chapters 41 – 51: Vollman and Bevins witness a man in the bardo named Captain William Prince.
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