Historical Fiction· United States
The Underground Railroad
by Colson WhiteheadAggregate Editorial Score75/100
★Pulitzer Prize
Published 2017378 pagesEnglish
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Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad (2017) stands as one of the most significant works of historical fiction of its era. Cora, an enslaved woman on a Georgia plantation, escapes north on a literal underground railroad—a secret network of subterranean trains—in this Pulitzer and National Book Award–winning novel. Whitehead reimagines history with surreal clarity, creating a riveting and sobering meditation on slavery and freedom. Themes of slavery, freedom, race run through the work. The book has received recognition from Pulitzer Prize 2017.
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🗺️ Historical Fiction
Novels set in the past, blending real events with fictional narratives.
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