{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad-pulitzer-prize-winner","title":"The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColson Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \n\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\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 \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \n\u003ci\u003eThe Noble Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eZone One\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eSag Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Intuitionist\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eJohn Henry Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eApex Hides the Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE, THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE ALA ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE HURSTON\/WRIGHT AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, TIME, PEOPLE, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAND MORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePARADE\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Terrific.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An American masterpiece.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--NPR \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stunningly daring.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A triumph.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Potent. . . . Devastating. . . . Essential.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Whitehead's best work and an important American novel.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Electrifying. . . . Tense, graphic, uplifting and informed, this is a story to share and remember.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heart-stopping.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"The Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e is inquiring into the very soul of American democracy. . . . A stirring exploration of the American experiment.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant reimagining of antebellum America.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Colson Whitehead's book blends the fanciful and the horrific, the deeply emotional and the coolly intellectual. Whathe comes up with is an American masterpiece.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Ann Patchett, author of \u003ci\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad \u003c\/i\u003eenters the pantheon of . . . the Great American Novels. . . . A wonderful reminder of whatgreat literature is supposed to do: open our eyes, challengeus, and leave us changed by the end.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Whitehead] is the best living American novelist.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterful, urgent. . . . One of the finest novels written aboutour country's still unabsolved original sin.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant. . . . An instant classic that makes vivid the darkest, most horrific corners of America's history of brutality against black people.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Singular, utterly riveting. . . . You'll be shaken and stunned by Whitehead's imaginative brilliance. . . . \n\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad \u003c\/i\u003eis a book both timeless and timely. It is a book for now; it is a book that is necessary.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Whitehead is a writer of extraordinary stylistic powers. . . . [ \n\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e] offers many testaments to Whitehead's considerable talents and examines a deeply relevant and disturbing period of American history.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] ingenious novel. . . . A successful amalgam: a realistically imagined slave narrative and a crafty allegory; a tense adventure tale and a meditation on America's defining values.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Whitehead's novel unflinchingly turns our attention to the foundations of the America we know now.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Perfectly balances the realism of its subject with fabulist touches that render it freshly illuminating.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I haven't been as simultaneously moved and entertained bya book for many years. This is a luminous, furious, wildly inventive tale that not only shines a bright light on one of the darkest periods of history, but also opens up thrilling new vistas for the form of the novel itself.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of the 21st Century - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Book of the Century - A \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe basis for the acclaimed original Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. 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