Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man was published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues that African Americans faced in the early twentieth century, such as black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and Booker T. Washington's reformist racial policies, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.

Invisible Man was immediately hailed as a seminal work of American fiction. Ellison's nameless protagonist ushers readers into a parallel universe that contrasts sharply with others, from the Deep South to the streets of Harlem; expulsion from college to lightning success as the leader of a communist organization. As he travels across the racial divide, he realizes that he is an "invisible man": people see only a reflection of their preconceived notions, deny his individuality, and, eventually, do not see him at all. Ellison's theme illuminates incomparable truths about the nature and consequences of bigotry.

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