Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
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Author: Ralph EllisonEdition: Paperback
Published: 1995-03-14
ISBN: 0679732764
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Certainly one of the ten best 20th-century American novels..
Summary: 5 Stars
INVISIBLE MAN is a Bildungsroman, hilariously recounting the missteps of a black boy trying to make his way in the black and white worlds, neither of which he understands. The novel conludes ambivalently with the expressed idea that "the world is possibility," but denies this dramatically when the hero is literally forced underground, in a subterranean hole illuminated by thousands of light bulbs, representing his disillusionment. Up to this point, this young black Candide has made every misjudgment possible, being used by everyone he comes in contact with, including the Communist Party (here called "The Brotherhood."} Both American history and American race relations are seen through a sophisticated prism through the microcosm of the novel.The work is beautifully structured and styled. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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