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The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguiin Random House LLC, 2018Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Vintage Books EditionDescription: 313 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593314760
  • 059331476X
  • 9780345804327
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3573.H4768 W592u 2018
Contents:
Contenidos : Ajarry Georgia Ridgeway South Carolina Stevens North Carolina Ethel Tennessee Caesar Indiana Mabel The North
Awards:
  • Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2016
  • Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) PS3573.H4768 U592u 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000198041

Contenidos :
Ajarry
Georgia
Ridgeway
South Carolina
Stevens
North Carolina
Ethel
Tennessee
Caesar
Indiana
Mabel
The North

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.

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2016

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017

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