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Historical fiction reimagining the escape to freedom.

"The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead offers an alternative version of history with a literal underground train aiding the escape of slaves. It's a powerful and intense read that delves into the struggles and resilience of the human spirit against the inhumanity of slavery. The imaginative storytelling and rich historical context make it an enlightening journey for readers interested in American history and the universal quest for freedom.

  • 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.
New

The Underground Railroad

Regular price RM36.80 MYR
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RM33.12 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780349726809
Authors: Colson Whitehead
Publisher: Fleet
Date of Publication: 2021-04-29
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Race, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 414533 readers)

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from 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. Like the protagonist of Gulliver’s Travels, Cora encounters different worlds at each
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Historical fiction reimagining the escape to freedom.

"The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead offers an alternative version of history with a literal underground train aiding the escape of slaves. It's a powerful and intense read that delves into the struggles and resilience of the human spirit against the inhumanity of slavery. The imaginative storytelling and rich historical context make it an enlightening journey for readers interested in American history and the universal quest for freedom.

  • 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.