The Intuitionist
$33.21
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
20 February 2024
Summary
The 25th anniversary hardback edition of the stylish debut novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
“A thrilling blend of noir and fantasy.” - Guardian.
In an unnamed city – a hardboiled pre-Civil Rights New York sort of city – heroine Lila Mae has succeeded in becoming the very first Black female elevator inspector. In Whitehead’s darkly comic otherworld, this is a job imbued with an almost mystical significance. But the illustrious Department of Elevator Inspecto…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841594163 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841594164 |
| Author: | Colson Whitehead |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 20 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 414g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 131mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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Critics Review
A thrilling blend of noir and fantasy * Guardian *Whitehead’s prose is graceful and often lyrical, and his elevator underworld is a complex, lovingly realized creation * The New Yorker *Ingenious and starkly original * New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is the author of The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, Sag Harbor, Zone One and The Underground Railroad, as well as The Colossus of New York, a collection of essays. A recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, he lives in New York City.
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