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SUMMARY:THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Colson Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slav
 es 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 t
 ake the perilous decision to escape to the North. In Whitehead`s razor-sha
 rp imagining of the antebellum South\, the Underground Railroad has assume
 d a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks 
 by a steam locomotive\, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Cae
 sar`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 u
 nknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway\, the relentless slav
 e catcher sent to find Cora\, is close on their heels. Forced to flee agai
 n\, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight\, state by state\, seeking true fre
 edom. 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 th
 e present day. The Underground Railroad is at once the story of one woman`
 s ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly power
 ful meditation on history.\n\n\n\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR NATION
 AL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION \n2016 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLEN
 CE WINNER \nKIRKUS PRIZE NOMINEE FOR FICTION (2016) \nGOODREADS CHOICE AWA
 RD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION (2016) \n\n"Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews 
 have been sublime\, for a Non Science Fiction book we can't criticise."\nG
 uardian\n\n"For a Non Science Fiction books its Luminous\, furious\, wildl
 y inventive"\nObserver\n\n"Hands down one of the best\, if not the best\, 
 book I've read this year\, but its not Science Fiction"\nStylist (it`s got
  to be good if a hairdressing magazine likes it!)\n\n"Dazzling\, but not S
 cience Fiction"\nNew York Review of Books\n\n"Magical Realism isn't Scienc
 e Fiction and neither is this The Underground Railroad"\n~Your Glorious Le
 ader ®\nsciencefictionbookclub.org
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