Winner of the National Book Award, Colson Whitehead's 2016 novel, The Underground Railroad, tells the story of Cora, a slave working on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even amongst her own people, Cora finds comfort in Caesar, a new arrival to the plantation. Caesar tells Cora of the Underground Railroad and, together, the two journey across pre-Civil War America in search of freedom. However, with a slave catcher on their trail and danger lurking at every turn, the "promised land" inches further and further away from their grasp.
The New York Times bestseller paints a realistic portrait of the historic relationship between African-Americans and America, as well as how past events affect the present day.
