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The Intuitionist is a 1999 speculative fiction novel by American writer Colson Whitehead. The Intuitionist takes place in a city (implicitly, New York) full of skyscrapers and other buildings requiring vertical transportation in the form of elevators.
Jan 4, 2000 · by Colson Whitehead (Author) 4.0 1,234 ratings. See all formats and editions. This debut novel by the two time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys wowed critics and readers everywhere and marked the debut of an important American writer.
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Jan 1, 2001 · A dead-serious and seriously funny feat of the imagination, The Intuitionist conjures a parallel universe in which latent ironies in matters of morality, politics, and race come to light, and stands as the celebrated debut of an important American writer. Show more.
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About The Intuitionist. A 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the debut novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Underground Railroad that wowed critics and readers and marked the emergence of an important American writer. EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS.
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A debut novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. It follows Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector, who uncovers a secret that changes her life.
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May 12, 2000 · 4.0 1,224 ratings. See all formats and editions. In a marvelous debut novel that has been compared to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Joseph Heller's Catch-22, Colson Whitehead has created a strangely skewed world of elevators and the people who control their ups and downs.
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