The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel written by American author Colson Whitehead that was published in 2016 by Doubleday. The novel was a critical and commercial success, topping bestseller lists and earning several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award for Fiction, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Barry Jenkins wrote and directed a TV miniseries adaptation, which was released in May 2021.

Cora is a slave on a Georgia plantation. She is an outcast among her fellow Africans, and she is on the verge of becoming a woman, and she is desperate for freedom. So, when Caesar tells her about an underground railroad, they decide to flee north, only to be pursued by a slave-master who is relentless in his pursuit. The novel by Colson Whitehead is a pulsating story about a woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage. It's also a powerful meditation on history, from the brutal importation of Africans to today's unfulfilled promises. The Underground Railroad, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, is a literary triumph.

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