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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.
Nicola Hawkes Yes I thought this was a great idea actually, and I would have liked more of it, not less. I never expected this book to be a dry academic historicall…moreYes I thought this was a great idea actually, and I would have liked more of it, not less. I never expected this book to be a dry academic historically factual tome - its fiction, he can do what he likes, surely. I certainly think he did a powerful job of depicting the horrors of slave life and the dangers that sympathisers faced in helping runaways. The realised metaphor of the railroad can hardly even be called "magical". Just an alternative universe. (less)
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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