Let's Read in English: "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead
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Plauderecke (0) Who's participating? (3) 1st Section: Beginning to Georgia (7) 2nd Section: South Carolina (14) 3rd Section: North Carolina (6) 4th Section: Tennessee (4) 5th Section: Indiana and the North (6) Which part of Cora's journey do you find most interesting? (1) Your favorite quote (1) Representation of the US (1)
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TanjaMaFivor 6 Jahren
Colson Whitehead's novel Underground Railroad is a beautiful and terrifying tale of America past, present and future that amazes because of its brutal truths but ever underlying hope for something better.
Join our Let's Read in English book club and discuss great novels each month. Usually, there won't be any free books but you are welcome to discuss every book at your own convenience. If you participate actively (around 5 substantial posts), you can also earn a lottery ticket for the raffle at the end of the year!
More about the book
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North.
More about the author
Colson Whitehead was born and raised in New York City. A Harvard graduate, he worked as a journalist and TV critic for a while. His first novel The Intuitionist was published in 1999. His most recent novel The Underground Railroad was awarded numerous prizes among which are the Pulitzer Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
That sounds like a novel you'd enjoy? Great, come and join our book discussion. I'm looking forward to a great book club in November with you!
You are welcome to discuss the book in English. If you feel more comfortable doing it in German - no problem! Please feel free to use whatever language you are most comfortable with.
You love to read in English? Perfect! You can now join the Let's Read in English Challenge 2017 to read and discuss books with other readers.
A Railroad to Freedom?
This year's Pulitzer Prize winner takes us on a journey through the antebellum South and on the desperate quest for freedom. Together with Cora, we encounter that some places can be miles apart although they seem to be so close and that sometimes freedom does not keep the promises it makes ...Colson Whitehead's novel Underground Railroad is a beautiful and terrifying tale of America past, present and future that amazes because of its brutal truths but ever underlying hope for something better.
Join our Let's Read in English book club and discuss great novels each month. Usually, there won't be any free books but you are welcome to discuss every book at your own convenience. If you participate actively (around 5 substantial posts), you can also earn a lottery ticket for the raffle at the end of the year!
More about the book
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North.
More about the author
Colson Whitehead was born and raised in New York City. A Harvard graduate, he worked as a journalist and TV critic for a while. His first novel The Intuitionist was published in 1999. His most recent novel The Underground Railroad was awarded numerous prizes among which are the Pulitzer Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
That sounds like a novel you'd enjoy? Great, come and join our book discussion. I'm looking forward to a great book club in November with you!
You are welcome to discuss the book in English. If you feel more comfortable doing it in German - no problem! Please feel free to use whatever language you are most comfortable with.
You love to read in English? Perfect! You can now join the Let's Read in English Challenge 2017 to read and discuss books with other readers.