Invisible man

Ellison, Ralph.

Invisible man / by Ralph Ellison - London : Penguin, 2001. - xii, 581 pages ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .

Originally published: New York: Random House, 1952; London: Gollancz, 1953.

Tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published in 1952 when American society was on the cusp of immense change, the powerfully depicted adventures of Ellison's invisible man - from his expulsion from a Southern college to a terrifying Harlem race riot - go far beyond the story of one individual.

9780141184425 (pbk)


African Americans--Fiction.--To 1964--Social conditions
Racism
Race relations
African Americans--Social conditions.

813.54 / ELL-I 2001 2477