The printer, whose shame at himself and respect for the young woman lead him to surrender the “marriage bed” for a lifelong friendship, slowly warms his bride to the intimacy he could only have dreamt of. The first two pages of Lincoln in the Bardo detail a charming, Beauty-and-the-Beast kind of love story, albeit in a very George Saunders style: an older, overweight, lame-legged, toothless printer, a beautiful and young woman, their arranged marriage. To live a life half dead, a living death, …As in the land of darkness, yet in light, Here’s a look at George Saunders’ new and acclaimed book, Lincoln in the Bardo (appropriately released just in time for these days of Lenten journey). This review was written by Ethan Richardson & CJ Green.
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