Colson Whitehead Collection 3 Books Set Intuitionist,The Colossus of New York

Titles in the Set\nThe IntuitionistThe Colossus of New YorkApex Hides the Hurt\nThe Intuitionist [9780708898475]\nIt is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring factions within the department: the Empiricists, who work by the book and dutifully check for striations on the winch cable and such; and the Intuitionists, who are simply able to enter the elevator cab in question, meditate, and intuit any defects.\nThe Colossus of New York [9780708898765]\nA masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city's inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who ha.