Rinkan to Samayoeru Reikon Tachi / Original Title: LINCOLN in the BARDO

[Machine Translation] Wartime President Lincoln visits a cemetery at night to remember his beloved son, Willie, who died suddenly. There, he finds souls wandering between the other shore and this one, unable to accept their own deaths. Bevins, with his many eyes, nose, and hands; Volman, bare-chested and with his huge penis towering over his head; Pastor Thomas, who fears the final judgment.... Living with the delusions of this world ( ? ), when they touch Lincoln, a tremendous story, moving and humorous, begins to unfold. This is the astonishing first full-length work by one of America's greatest short story writers of our time, packed with wonder and excitement in a completely new format. A national bestseller and Booker Prize winner!

戦時の大統領リンカーンが、急逝した愛息ウィリーの記憶にひたるため夜の墓地を訪れる。そこには自らの死を受け入れられず、彼岸と此岸の間をさまよう霊魂たちがいた。たくさんの目と鼻と手をもつベヴィンズ、素っ裸で巨大なペニスを屹立させたヴォルマン、最後の審判を恐れる牧師トーマス...。現世の妄執を抱えて生きる(?)彼らがリンカーンに触れる時、感動的でユーモラスな途方もない物語が動きはじめる。まったく新しい形式に奇想と興奮を詰めこんだ、現代アメリカ最高の短編作家、驚愕の初長編。全米ベストセラー、ブッカー賞受賞の超話題作!!!