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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.
John B From the moment we first see Cora visit a station, I was expecting that the rest of the story would turn out to be a fever dream or a dying fantasy, a…moreFrom the moment we first see Cora visit a station, I was expecting that the rest of the story would turn out to be a fever dream or a dying fantasy, and we'd find out that she never got away from the hog hunters. We see the Railroad as an actual railroad because that's how she imagines it. I suppose it's still possible to interpret the story that way, but I don't think that was the author's intent.(less)
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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