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The beginning [of lincoln in the bardo] is strange, and i did a lot of work calibrating that so that a reader with a certain level of patience would get through it and in the nick of time start to figure out what was going on. in a short book, you can do that.
-George Saunders
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The Beginning [of Lincoln In The Bardo]

George Saunders
The beginning [of lincoln in the bardo] is strange, and i did a lot of work calibrating that so that a reader with a certain level of patience would get through it and in the nick of time start to figure out what was going on. in a short book, you can do that.
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