by Colson Whitehead · ISBN 9789896658168
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The Portuguese edition of 'The Nickel Boys', a moving novel that explores themes of racial injustice and abuse in a reform school for young people in 1960s Florida. Through the stories of Elwood Curtis and Jack Turner, the novel examines the brutality and corruption of the system, as well as resilience and hope in the face of adversity. An impactful read that invites reflection on history and the struggle for equality.
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
