Folio Society Published Works Number 3553
Whitehead, Colson - The Underground Railroad
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Whitehead, Colson - The Underground Railroad (Published in by The Folio Society in 2024. Illustrated by Jamaal Barber. Introduced by Emma Dabiri. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction, Colson Whitehead's hyperreal story of slave escape networks, The Underground Railroad, is presented in a standout Folio Society edition with a new introduction by Emma Dabiri and illustrations by Jamaal Barber. Born into slavery and abandoned by her escapee mother while still a girl, Cora knows exactly how little her life is valued in the Antebellum South. Left to fend for herself against her barbaric white captors, she must also stand up to her fellow slaves who would steal both her pathetic patch of ground and her virginity. An opportunity to escape sees her flee one set of horrors for another, choosing the slim chance of survival and freedom over a guaranteed life of hell. . Voted one of the 100 best books of the 21st century by the Guardian, and the recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction, this essential novel, by one of the most important writers of our time, is now published as a striking collector's edition. Colson Whitehead weaves reality and fantasy together in a story that best-selling author Emma Dabiri describes as 'otherworldly, underworldly', in her exclusive new introduction. Meanwhile, Jamaal Barber's stunning wood-cut and painted collage artwork breathes even more life into a harrowing history that will always need retelling; a story that grabs your emotions and doesn't let go. PRODUCTION DETAILS. Bound in Imperial cloth, printed and blocked in silver foil on front and spine. Set in Freight Text with Shelton Slab as display. 296 pages. 6 full-page colour illustrations, including one double-page spread. Printed slipcase. 9.5" x 6.25". )
