{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad-paperback-1","title":"The Underground Railroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColson Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003c\/b\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - \"An American masterpiece\" (NPR) that chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eThe basis for the acclaimed original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood--where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage--and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Colson Whitehead's new novel, \u003ci\u003eCrook Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, coming soon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eColson Whitehead is the #1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 2016 won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Noble Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZone One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSag Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Intuitionist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Henry Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApex Hides the Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Colossus of New York\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a recipient of the MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.95 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987636191533,"sku":"9780345804327","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bVFiOFIzWWdNcnFQK1hKTUhJYzZpdz09.webp?v=1776183154","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-underground-railroad-paperback-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}