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Barbara asked this question about The Underground Railroad:
Does anyone like that the author wrote the railroad as a physical, operating one? I felt it unnecessary and beyond the scope of possibility.
Mary Stapp It seems that some readers are looking at this as a "metaphor" for Harriet Tubman's "Underground Railroad," which isn't actually much of a metaphor. I…moreIt seems that some readers are looking at this as a "metaphor" for Harriet Tubman's "Underground Railroad," which isn't actually much of a metaphor. It's just too obvious. But what if it's a metaphor for the idea of living underground, always in darkness, never certain of one's direction, speed, destination? Whitehead talks about the idea that fugitives were always in a state of escaping from something and unknowing of their destination. That is one possible answer to Barbara's question.(less)
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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