George Saunders

1 month ago | lesen.de | Abdulrazak Gurnah |George Saunders |Laurie Penny |Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE'One scarcely dares breathe while reading it for fear of breaking the enchantment' The Times'Gurnah is a master storyteller' Financial Times_______________On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense.

Dec 6, 2024 | mcnallyrobinson.com | George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo Trade paperback $24.95 Reader Reward Price: $22.46 Fiction / LiteraryFiction / HistoricalFiction / Ghost #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER o WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE The "devastatingly moving" (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented One of The New York Times's 100 Best...

Nov 5, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | A.S. Byatt |George Saunders |J.M. Coetzee |Julian Barnes

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, winner of the Booker Prize 2017An anarchic, grotesque, bawdy, foul-mouthed, tender, grief-stricken, hopeful, human novel, set within a graveyard. George Saunders’ 2017 Booker Prize-winning novel boasts a cast of hundreds – almost all of whom are dead. Lincoln in the Bardo is set in the days following the death of Abraham Lincoln’s son, Willie, and focuses on the grief-stricken President’s visits to the crypt to hold his deceased child’s body.

Oct 31, 2024 | audible.com | George Saunders |Arnold Lobel |Becky Chambers |Nita Prose

Though the approach of year's end brings with it a great many joys, from holiday festivities to cozy nights in, there's also a palpable sense of stress permeating the increasingly crisp, chilly air. Be it catalogs and commercials urging us to gift bigger, better, and sooner; the dooming early-evening darkness of Earth's wintery tilt; or the year-end crunch of work and school deadlines, the arrival of the 'ber months can deviate quickly from all things merry and bright.

Oct 23, 2024 | thebookerprizes.com | Sarah Perry |Hilary Mantel |Shehan Karunatilaka |George Saunders

From folklore with added fright factor to otherworldly modern tales, we present a selection of titles from the Booker Library that tap into our darkest fears of spectres and spirits Written by Donna Mackay-Smith Publication date and time: Published October 23, 2024‘Ghost stories,’ as Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, once said, ‘are a way of exploring the boundaries between life and death, between the known and the unknown, between order and chaos’.