“A miracle, I said” – Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo opens with us being introduced to Hans Vollman and Roger Bevins III. Who are Hans Vollman and Roger Bevins III, you might ask? They are spirits, of sorts. Not ghosts as such but rather remnants of lives that have not quite passed over yet. The Bardo is a kind of purgatory. Imagine a cemetery inhabited by such remnants, none of whom - whisper it - know that they are dead...

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