Invisible Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679732761)

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story from the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

He describes growing up in a Black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood," before retreating amid violence and confusion.

Originally published in 1952 as the first novel by a then unknown author, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, James Joyce, and Dostoevsky.

Author: Ralph Ellison
ISBN-10: 0679732764
ISBN-13: 9780679732761
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 03/14/1995
Pages: 608
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 30
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 19790 / Invisible Man


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/20/1995
New Yorker (The) 02/09/2009 pg. 108
Entertainment Weekly 03/01/2013 pg. 68
Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 97