The underground railroad : a novel

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Label

The underground railroad : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Colson Whitehead

Creator

• trueWhitehead, Colson, 1969-

Author

• trueWhitehead, Colson, 1969-

Subject

• Underground Railroad
• trueUnderground Railroad
• trueSouthern States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
• trueSlavery
• trueRacism
• trueRace (Social sciences)
• trueNorth American people
• History
• 1800-1899
• trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions
• trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• trueAmerican people
• trueEscapes
• FICTION -- African American | General
• FICTION -- Historical
• FICTION -- Literary
• Fiction
• trueFreedom
• trueFreedom seekers
• Fugitive slaves
• Fugitive slaves
• Historical fiction
• Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Fiction
• United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
• trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
• United States
• Underground Railroad -- Fiction

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistory

Language

eng

Summary

• 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. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their 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

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueUnconventional

Tone

• trueDramatic
• trueDisturbing
• trueMoving
• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueCompelling
• trueStylistically complex
• trueDescriptive

Character

• trueLarge cast of characters
• trueCulturally diverse
• trueStrong female

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2017.
• Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2017.
• Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2017.
• Booklist Editors' Choice, 2016
• Goodreads Choice Award, 2016
• Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2017.
• Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2017.
• Library Journal Best Books, 2016
• National Book Award for Fiction, 2016.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2016
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3573.H4768

LC item number

U53 2016

Literary form

fiction