Invisible Man
New York : Vintage International, 1995.
Format: Book
Edition: Second Vintage International edition.
Description: xxiii, 581 pages ; 21 cm
In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an American black man becomes involved in a series of adventures. Introduction explains circumstances under which the book was written. Ellison won the National Book Award for this searing record of a black man's journey through contemporary America. Unquestionably, Ellison's book is a work of extraordinary intensity--powerfully imagined and written with a savage, wryly humorous gusto.
Contents:
In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an American black man becomes involved in a series of adventures. Introduction explains circumstances under which the book was written. Ellison won the National Book Award for this searing record of a black man's journey through contemporary America. Unquestionably, Ellison's book is a work of extraordinary intensity -- powerfully imagined and written with a savage, wryly humorous gusto.
Target Audience: Young Adult.
ISBN:
0679732764
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Originally published: 1st edition New York : Random House, 1952.
National Book Award for Fiction, 1953.
National Book Award for Fiction, 1953.