Product Information
Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel 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", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-100375407170
ISBN-139780375407178
eBay Product ID (ePID)170620
Product Key Features
Book TitleInvisible Man
TopicAfrican American / General, General
Publication Year1999
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorRalph Ellison
Dimensions
Item Height2.7in.
Item Length6.2in.
Item Width4.2in.
Item Weight15 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition,Abridged Edition