Four Stars I found George Saunders' Lincoln in the Bardo unique in style and accurate in historical representation. The resulting style for this historical fantasy is a prose-poem exchange between characters with published resources to explain the biographical events surrounding the death of Willie Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln. For these reasons, I can understand why this novel was chosen for the Man Booker Prize in 2017.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Four Stars I found George Saunders' Lincoln in the Bardo unique in style and accurate in historical representation. The resulting style for this historical fantasy is a prose-poem exchange between characters with published resources to explain the biographical events surrounding the death of Willie Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln. For these reasons, I can understand why this novel was chosen for the Man Booker Prize in 2017.