An edition of Invisible Man (1952)

Invisible man

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An edition of Invisible Man (1952)

Invisible man

Special 30th anniversary ed.

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (19 ratings)
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"The odyssey of one Black's fervent search for his own identity." National Book Award Winner. "The narrator traces his life from college and into Harlem where he becomes invisible like other African Americans." "In the course of his wanderings from a Southern college to New York's Harlem, an African-American man becomes involved in a series of adventures."

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
439

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Fiction African American men African Americans Race relations National Book Award Winner award:national_book_award=1953 award:national_book_award=fiction open_syllabus_project Long Now Manual for Civilization Social conditions Mentally ill Psychological fiction Scientists African American men -- Fiction Classics Urban Life Modern Literature African American Racism American fiction (fictional works by one author) African americans, fiction Children's fiction New York Times reviewed American Fiction (Fictional Works By One Author); African Americans_Fiction; Black or African American Fiction, historical United states, fiction Fiction, historical, general Romans, nouvelles Conditions sociales Fictional Works [Publication Type] Blacks American fiction

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United States New York (State) New York Harlem

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Racism Communism South The South

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Invisible Man
2014, Penguin Books, Limited
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Invisible Man
1995-03, Vintage
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Invisible Man
1995, Vintage International
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Invisible man
1994, Modern Library
in English - Modern Library ed.
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Invisible Man
1989-03, Vintage
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Invisible man
1982, Random House
in English - Special 30th anniversary ed.
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Invisible man
1972-02, Vintage Books, Vintage
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Edition Notes

Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Random House, 1952. With new introd.

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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3555.L625 I5 1982, PS3555.L625I5 1982

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 439 p. ;
Number of pages
439

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3786088M
ISBN 10
0394525493
LCCN
81048609
OCLC/WorldCat
8132495
LibraryThing
2203
Goodreads
1057138

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL495470W

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Work Description

Invisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in the world. Filled with hope about his future, he goes to college, but gets expelled for showing one of the white benefactors the real and seamy side of black existence. He moves to Harlem and becomes an orator for the Communist party, known as the Brotherhood. In his position, he is both threatened and praised, swept up in a world he does not fully understand. As he works for the organization, he encounters many people and situations that slowly force him to face the truth about racism and his own lack of identity. As racial tensions in Harlem continue to build, he gets caught up in a riot that drives him to a manhole. In the darkness and solitude of the manhole, he begins to understand himself - his invisibility and his identity. He decides to write his story down (the body of the novel) and when he is finished, he vows to enter the world again.

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