The Intuitionist
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The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
'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 Inspectors is in crisis, bitterly divided between the Empiricists (check the machinery) and the Intuitionists (tune in to the vibes). Lila is an Intuitionist and so much better at her job than anyone else that surely it must be those 'good-old-boy' Empiricists who have set up the serious accident which occurs on her watch - and just before the Departmental elections, too. Lila sets out to clear her name (and discover the secret formula of the Perfect Elevator at the same time), and the author keeps us on our toes guessing the outcome as he cleverly tweaks and twists his plot, catching everybody out. At the same time the story is almost certainly an allegory but of what, exactly, readers may work out for themselves. A teasing, challenging and entertaining read.
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 *
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 *
Colson Whitehead is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and non-fiction and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the US National Book Award. He lives in New York City.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781841594163 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841594164 |
| Titre | The Intuitionist |
| Auteur | Colson Whitehead |
| Série | Everyman's Library Classics |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Everyman |
| Année de publication | 2023-11-17 |
| Nombre de pages | 288 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |