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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.
Joey It drives me nuts when readers expect literal truths in fiction. Here's a brief interview that I like to share with my ENG 102 students. In it, Salman…moreIt drives me nuts when readers expect literal truths in fiction. Here's a brief interview that I like to share with my ENG 102 students. In it, Salman Rushdie talks about the power of magic realism to tell stories that get at human truths. I think it applies to this book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZtdh...(less)
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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