2018 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction | George Saunders

Winner of the Man Booker Prize, Lincoln in the Bardo is the long-awaited first novel from acclaimed writer George Saunders. On the one hand a tender father-son story; on the other hand a tragic, hilarious philosophical ghost story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln and his son Willie (and many, many others, alive and dead); Lincoln in the Bardo has stunned, tickled, and touched the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers. An astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end? Chicago Tribune Books editor Jennifer Day joins Saunders in conversation. This program was recorded on October 27, 2018. See upcoming CHF events: chicagohumanities.org/ Support CHF with a donation: supportchf.org Follow CHF on Twitter: twitter.com/ChiHumanities Like CHF on Facebook: www.facebook.com/chicagohumanities Help us caption & translate this video! amara.org/v/mc1v/

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