Tag: Vigil
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George Saunders’s Vigil: Ghosts, Mortality, and a Trump-Era Truth-Telling
Opening the Door to a Difficult Moment George Saunders’s new novel, Vigil, returns to the ghost-story terrain that made Lincoln in the Bardo a modern classic. Yet this book is more than a haunting—it’s a careful investigation into how a society reconciles its lies about the past and the present. At its core is an…
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George Saunders on Ghosts, Mortality, and Trump’s America: A Closer Look at Vigil
From Lincoln in the Bardo to Vigil: Saunders’s lifelong fascination with ghosts George Saunders has built a niche where haunted rooms and unsettled truths illuminate the human condition. In his Booker-winning Lincoln in the Bardo, the dead inhabit a liminal space where questions of memory, guilt, and truth surface with a spectral directness. His latest…
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George Saunders’s Vigil and the Ghostly Truths of Trump’s America
George Saunders’s Vigil: A Ghost Story for Our Time George Saunders, the Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, returns with a work that is at once a haunting fable and a pointed social mirror. In Vigil, Saunders turns his attention to an oil tycoon whose death prompts a reckoning with the scientific truth…
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Bondi Beach Hosts 10,000-Strong Vigil for Hanukkah Terror Attack Victims
Thousands Gather at Bondi Beach for a Week-After Vigil A week after a deadly terror attack targeted a seaside Hanukkah festival, a crowd estimated to total around 10,000 people gathered on Bondi Beach. The large, peaceful turnout reflected a national moment of reflection, solidarity, and resilience as Australians from diverse backgrounds stood with the Jewish…
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Mourners Gather at Bondi Beach to Honor Shooting Victims
Thousands gather at Bondi Beach to honor victims Thousands of mourners gathered along Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, a week after a deadly attack on a Jewish festival killed 15 people. The vigil, held under tight police security, drew people from across Australia and around the world, all seeking a moment to reflect, grieve, and…
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Bondi Beach Mourners Honor Shooting Victims in Australia
Thousands Gather at Bondi Beach to Honor Victims Thousands of mourners gathered under tight police security at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday evening to mark a week since a deadly shooting targeting a Jewish festival claimed 15 lives. Security remained tight as the community came together to mourn and show solidarity with the victims…
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Day of Reflection in Australia for Bondi Beach shooting victims
Background and significance A week after a violent attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, Australians across the country are marking a Day of Reflection. At 6:47 p.m. local time, the moment the first shots rang out, people are asked to light candles in solidarity with victims, families, and the broader Jewish community. The…
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Australia Holds Quiet Vigil for Bondi Beach Shooting Victims
Nationwide moment of reflection Millions of Australians are expected to pause this weekend in a nationwide tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, where a gun attack at a Jewish festival near Sydney left 15 people dead. A father and son among the mourners will stand with families, friends, and first responders as…
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Australia pauses in silence to honor Bondi Beach shooting victims
Australia pauses in silence to honor Bondi Beach shooting victims Millions of Australians will come together on Sunday to light candles and observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting. A week after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s iconic coastline, the nation continues to…
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Australia pauses in silence for Bondi Beach shooting victims
The nation paused on Sunday to honor the victims of the attack that shook Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, as millions prepared to light candles and observe a minute of silence to mourn those who lost their lives at a Jewish festival last week. The solemn observance, mirrored in towns and cities across Australia, underscored a…