Back سكة حديدية تحت الأرض (رواية) Arabic El ferrocarril subterráneo Spanish The Underground Railroad (eleberria) Basque رمان راهآهن زیرزمینی Persian Underground Railroad (roman) French The Underground Railroad (novel) ID La ferrovia sotterranea Italian 地下鉄道 (小説) Japanese Kolej podziemna. Czarna krew Ameryki Polish Den underjordiska järnvägen (roman) Swedish
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| Author | Colson Whitehead |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Slavery |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | August 2, 2016 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 320 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction National Book Award for Fiction Andrew Carnegie Medal Arthur C. Clarke Award |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-54236-4 |
The Underground Railroad is a historical fiction novel by American author Colson Whitehead, published by Doubleday in 2016. The alternate history[1] novel tells the story of Cora, a slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia plantation by following the Underground Railroad, which the novel depicts as a rail transport system with safe houses and secret routes.[2] The book was a critical and commercial success, hitting the bestseller lists and winning several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award for Fiction, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. A TV miniseries adaptation, written and directed by Barry Jenkins, was released in May 2021.
- ^ Brian Lowry (May 13, 2021). "'The Underground Railroad' conducts an unsettling ride through an alternate history". CNN. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ "The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, 2016 National Book Award Winner, Fiction". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2016.