{"product_id":"caste-isabel-wilkerson","title":"Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY\u003cbr\u003eOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003cbr\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e'S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far' \u003c\/b\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[\u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e] changes the lens through which we see the world' \u003c\/b\u003eOprah Winfrey for \u003ci\u003eTime, '\u003c\/i\u003e25 Books That Capture This American Moment'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson reveals how our world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith clear-sighted rigour, Wilkerson unearths the eight pillars that connect caste systems across civilizations, and demonstrates how our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval has arisen as a consequence of caste. Weaving in stories of real people, she shows how its insidious undertow emerges every day; she documents its surprising health costs; and she explores its effects on culture and politics. Finally, Wilkerson points forward to the ways we can - and must - move beyond its artificial divisions, towards our common humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and deeply original, \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening examination of what lies beneath the surface of ordinary lives. No one can afford to ignore the moral clarity of its insights, or its urgent call for a freer, fairer world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post,\u003c\/i\u003e The New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eFortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize  \u003cbr\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist  \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award  \u003cbr\u003eDayton Literary Prize Finalist  \u003cbr\u003ePEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist  \u003cbr\u003ePEN\/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist  \u003cbr\u003eKirkus Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabel Wilkerson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the acclaimed bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Warmth of Other Suns\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut work won multiple awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eCited as a best book of the year by thirty news organizations, \u003ci\u003eWarmth\u003c\/i\u003e was named to \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's list of the Ten Best Books of the Decade, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's list of the Best Nonfiction of All Time. Her second book, \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e, was a No.1 bestseller and heralded in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas 'an instant American Classic.'  It appeared on forty best of the year lists, more than any other work of nonfiction, and was honored by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e as the No.1 nonfiction book of the year. In choosing \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e for her Fall 2020 book club, Oprah Winfrey declared it 'the most important book I have ever selected.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize for her work as Chicago Bureau Chief of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer and the first African-American to win for individual reporting. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded her the National Humanities Medal for 'championing the stories of an unsung history.' 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