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The underground railroad : a novel / Colson Whitehead
By: Whitehead, Colson [autor]
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TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Random House LLC, 2021Description: 313 páginas ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780593314760.Subject(s): Ferrocarriles subterraneos -- Novela | Estados Unidos -- Historia -- Siglo XIX -- Novela | Esclavos fugitivos -- Estados Unidos -- NovelaDDC classification: 813.54 W592u Awards: Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2016 | Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Libro (general) | Biblioteca Central UNIBE | General | 813.54 W592u (Browse shelf) | Ej. 1 | Available | 240327 |
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