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Invisible Man

by: Ralph Ellison (author)

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We rely, in this world, on the visual aspects of humanity as a means of learning who we are. This, Ralph Ellison argues convincingly, is a dangerous habit. A classic from the moment it first appeared in 1952, Invisible Man chronicles the travels of its narrator, a young, nameless black man,... show more

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Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin

Pages no: 469

Edition language: English

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Young Adult, Classics, Novels, Academic, School, Literature, Cultural, Read For School, American, Historical Fiction, African American, High School, Race

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Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it

3 years ago

http://ToniFGMAMTC.booklikes.com Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents 4.0

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Told from a black man's POV. He starts young at a school in the south and ends in a city in the north. It's not a feel good tale, but it is interesting. It's tragic how some things don't seem like they have gotten any better since this was written.

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Reading For The Heck Of It rated it

6 years ago

http://readingfortheheckofit.booklikes.com Reading For The Heck Of It 3.0 The examination of others that leads to the self

text The examination of others that leads to the self

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is another title from the list of 100 books compiled for the Great American Read. (Have you voted today?) I feel somewhat chagrined that I had never heard of this classic until I checked out this list. The reader follows a nameless narrator who tells the story of his d...

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The better to see you, my dear rated it

7 years ago

http://Zanahoria.booklikes.com The better to see you, my dear 3.5 Difficult

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On various fronts. The overarching subject, the sense of hopelessness, helplessness and despair, the long-winded, meandering way the story is told (which is on par with the idea that it is a stream-of-conscience recount), and the purpose way in which this guy's obliviousness is made plain (and cring...

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Sheila's Reads rated it

8 years ago

http://Sheila.booklikes.com Sheila's Reads 5.0 INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison

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Beautiful prose. I loved the lyricism of his words. His writing flows. This book is a timely today as when it was written and during the time it is set. Unfortunately not much has changed in the U.S. regarding how people are seen or not seen and used. Everyone needs to read this.

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Bloodorange rated it

9 years ago

http://bloodorange.booklikes.com Bloodorange 5.0 Invisible Man

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1. I had 39 status updates from this one, most of them quotations. This book is highly quotable. I'm not even sure Invisible Man is a 'good' - i.e. traditional - novel (I will consider this in a moment), but the quotability of this! Now I know men are different and that all life is divided and that ...

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