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.
Ed I was struck by it because it didn't jive with what I understood it to be but I then accepted the possibility that there were some underground station…moreI was struck by it because it didn't jive with what I understood it to be but I then accepted the possibility that there were some underground stations.
It's not until your comment that that I realized they might be made up and that upsets me and devalues the book to me, if true.(less)
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by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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