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Worn out by two historical tragedies
American author Colson Whitehead went from writing slavery novel The Underground Railroad to dealing with abuse in a reform school for boys in The Nickel Boys
Three years ago, American author Colson Whitehead published one of this generation's landmark novels on slavery, The Underground Railroad.
It would go on to win both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for fiction, two of America's biggest literary accolades, and earn praise from television mogul Oprah Winfrey and former United States president Barack Obama.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 16, 2019, with the headline Worn out by two historical tragedies. Subscribe
