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Unlock the more straightforward side of Lincoln in the Bardo with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, which tells of Abraham Lincoln's visits to the graveyard where his young son Willie has just been buried. As well has mourning his son's premature death, Lincoln wrestles with his conflicting feelings about the Civil War, which at that time was an...
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"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 Lincoln's 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...
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Da shi ming zuo fang volume 164
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On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over...
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"With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths--the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with...
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Trwa wojna secesyjna, smierc codziennie zbiera swe tragiczne zniwo. Pewnego zimowego dnia zabierze tez chlopca imieniem Willie, ukochanego synka prezydenta Lincolna. Zaloba rodziców przybierze rózne formy. Matka zamknie sie w sobie. Ojciec rozpocznie conocne wedrówki do grobowca. Rozdarty miedzy rozpacza po stracie syna a odpowiedzialnoscia za kraj i obywateli, chce trwac w zludzeniu, ze dziecko wciaz jest z nim. Osieroconego rodzica obserwuja...
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"La Casa Blanca, febrero de 1862. Mientras Abraham Lincoln intenta hacer frente a una guerra civil que aenas acaba de comenzar, su hijo Willie fallece con tan sólo once años. Incapaz de dejarlo ir, el presidente visita la tumba en la que descansa el cuerpo, mientras el pequeño, atrapado entre la vida y la muerte, en un limbo habitado por fantasmas que ignoran su destino, se enfrenta a su propia lucha en lo más profundo de su alma."--Cover.
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