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The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad

Harrowing escape odyssey; allegorical antebellum America tale.

If you're drawn to stories that blend brutal historical realities with elements of magical realism, "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead will captivate you. It's an intense and imaginative narrative that not only grips your attention with the protagonist's strife for freedom but also prompts deep reflection on America's past. The creative twist of making the underground railroad a physical network adds a layer of intrigue that makes this award-winning novel a profound reading experience.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2017)
  • National Book Award for Fiction (2016)
  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2017)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award (2017)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2017)
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Fiction (2017)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2017)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2017)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2017)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2016)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2017)
  • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Nominee (2017)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2017)
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The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead
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ISBN: 9780708898406
Authors: Colson Whitehead
Publisher: Fleet
Date of Publication: 2017-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Race, War
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 396824 readers)

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From prize-winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned; Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor; engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.
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Harrowing escape odyssey; allegorical antebellum America tale.

If you're drawn to stories that blend brutal historical realities with elements of magical realism, "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead will captivate you. It's an intense and imaginative narrative that not only grips your attention with the protagonist's strife for freedom but also prompts deep reflection on America's past. The creative twist of making the underground railroad a physical network adds a layer of intrigue that makes this award-winning novel a profound reading experience.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2017)
  • National Book Award for Fiction (2016)
  • Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2017)
  • Arthur C. Clarke Award (2017)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2017)
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Fiction (2017)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2017)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2017)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2017)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2016)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2017)
  • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Nominee (2017)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.