{"product_id":"underground-railroad-a-novel","title":"Underground Railroad: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAMAZON.COM #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER AND A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Dazzling' \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praised by Barack Obama and an Oprah Book Club Pick, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Whitehead's razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But its placid surface masks an infernal scheme designed for its unknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher sent to find Cora, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world. As Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e is at once the story of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly powerful meditation on history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43582305272005,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/The_20Underground_20Railroad.jpg?v=1716591008","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/underground-railroad-a-novel","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}