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Colson Whitehead
From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead comes the thrilling and entertaining sequel to Harlem Shuffle
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From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s.
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A devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States.
A magnificent, wrenching, thrilling tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.
Nine spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric…
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A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Now the plague is receding, and Americans are…
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It’s 1985. Benji, the son of a lawyer and a doctor, is one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends much of the…
The 25th anniversary hardback edition of the stylish debut novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad that wowed critics and readers and marked the emergence of…
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The marvellously inventive, genre-bending, noir-inflected debut novel from the author of The Underground Railroad.
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In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel, Whitehead–using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention–beautifully explores racial and class identity, illustrating the complex…
Ranging from 2001 to 2016, the twenty-three interviews collected in Conversations with Colson Whitehead reveal the workings of one of America’s most idiosyncratic and most successful literary minds.
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Derek C. Maus
In 2020 Colson Whitehead became the youngest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Although Whitehead’s widely divergent books complicate overarching categorization, Derek Maus argues that they…
In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is…
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New…
From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead comes the thrilling and entertaining sequel to HARLEM SHUFFLE.
GANADOR DEL PREMIO PULITZER
Despues de El ferrocarril subterraneo, Colson Whitehead gana el Pulitzer por segunda vez con esta estremecedora historia sobre dos amigos que luchan por su supervivencia.
De…
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Simplified Chinese Edition of [Nickel Boys]
From the MacArthur and Whiting Award-winning author of John Henry Days and The Intuitionist comes a new, brisk, comic tour de force about identity, history, and the adhesive bandage industry–in…
From the author of The Intuitionist comes a retelling of the legend of John Henry that sweeps across generations and cultures in a stunning, hilarious, and unsettling portrait of American…
In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys…
Korean edition of [The Nickel Boys] by Colson Whitehead. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Author of [The Underground Railroad], Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American…
By the author of the international bestseller, The Underground Railroad.
Chronicles a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.
From the author of ‘The Underground Railroad’, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. ‘John Henry Days’ is a…
From prize-winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent, wrenching, thrilling tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South
Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, National Book Award-winning, Oprah-anointed, #1 New York Times bestselling novel that explores America’s troubled racial past as only he can-now an original Amazon Prime Video series…
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In this wry take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel, a pandemic has devastated the planet. Now the plague is receding, and Americans are rebuilding civilization under orders from the provisional…
Originally published: New York: Doubledday, 2016.
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys * Whitehead proves a brilliant sociologist of the poker world. -The Boston Globe
In 2011, Grantland…
Based on a true story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children. The Nickel Boys is a devasting, driven narrative…
This marvelously inventive, genre-bending, noir-inflected novel, set in the curious world of elevator inspection, portrays a universe parallel to our own, where matters of morality, politics, and race reveal unexpected…
Follows the experiences of two African-American teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel isfast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny ……
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.
It's 1971. Trash piles…
In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the award-winning novelist re-creates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that…
Kimberly Fain
In this volume, Kimberly Fain discusses how Whitehead’s novels reconstruct the American identity to be inclusive rather than exclusive, thus broadening the scope of who is considered an American.
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Bookhabits
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: Conversation Starters
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their…
Worth Books
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Underground Railroad tells you what you need to know–before or after you read Colson Whitehead’s book.
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Whizbooks
The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead: Trivia/Quiz for Fans
Features You’ll Discover Inside:
A comprehensive guide to aid in discussion & discovery
30 multiple choice questions on the…
Japanese edition of [The Nickel Boys] by Colson Whitehead. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Author of [The Underground Railroad], Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American…
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