Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man

[realFedUp]

I'm reading classic books I never read in
high school or college...a latent education.

This book is so excellent...some speeches
in here would rock today for progressive
people looking for a movement of truth.

[Journeyman]

1. It's one of the finest American novels written since the War. . .

Ellison did a remarkable job of capturing both the experience of the Black man in America as well as that of everyman caught in the squeeze of modern society. And the beauty of it all is that the prose and imagery are all so simple . . . there's no affectation or unnecessary literary devices . . . just clean, simple language telling a pure tale. What rocks you to your core is the power of his prose and the undeniable belief that though the narrator's story sounds absurd it is without question an authentic statement of reality for far too many people.

[JAbuchan08]

2. Great, Great, great book

Required reading in my high school english class and I just ate it up. Now I'm going to have to search for my copy. I don't remember a lot of the plot points, but the sense of invisibility was well captured.

[jmm]

3. I love it.

There are a few books I re-read regularly and this is one of them.

[Emboldened Chimp]

4. I thought Invisible Man was fiction...

Am I wrong?

[realFedUp]

5. It's fiction...oops, I posted in the wrong forum....lo siento.

it's still a damn good book.

[Handy Panhandle]

6. agree

A great work of fiction. I wonder why it was Ellison's only published novel, though. His career work is relatively small for a National Book Award winner.