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Carregando... The Underground Railroadde Colson Whitehead
  
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 amerynth | Feb 19, 2021 |  Clever play with time and space. booms | Jan 24, 2021 | This was not an easy book to read. Slavery is not a feel-good topic. But whenever I started to get overwhelmed by the horror of Cora's situation I got some relief in her appreciation of tiny boons like a small square plot of dirt or a crooked hole in the wall. In The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead depicts the cruelty of US slavery on the one hand and the compassion and courage of the human spirit on the other. I've just finished the book and my head is still spinning. It's that powerful. (  ) Linda_Louise | Jan 20, 2021 | In terms of cognitive load, it's an easy read in a nice pleasant, effortless style, and it's a pretty gripping story too. I was initially skeptical of the concept of an actual underground railroad and haven't really tried to sort out why Whitehead made that choice, though maybe it has something to do with giving a sort of corporeality to the railroad much as the narrative piles up bodies affected by slavery. That is, you can talk about slavery in the abstract, and it's not as meaningful as when you start talking about particulars; similarly, the effort and risk that went into running the underground railroad is easy to miss until you give the railroad physical presence and set the effort of running the historical railroad up next to the tough work of actually tunneling to build a physical railroad. ( ) dllh | Jan 6, 2021 | The writing was marvelous, the story was engaging and the characters were real. Very satisfying book. ( ) FurbyKirby | Jan 5, 2021 |
 Der Roman des afroamerikanischen Autors Colson Whitehead über die Sklaverei in den USA des 19. Jahrhunderts kommt in deutscher Übersetzung nun gerade recht, um auf den heutigen Rassismus zu verweisen.
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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That said Whitehead's characters are strong, varied and interesting. His depiction of the horrors of slavery are no doubt accurate and absolutely heart-wrenching. (