Invisible Man Av Ralph Ellison

<p><b>''One of the most important American novels of the twentieth century'' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><i>''It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves''</i><br><br>Ralph Ellison''s blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible ''simply because people refuse to see me''. Published in 1952 when American society was in 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 to give voice to the experience of an entire generation of black Americans.<br><br>This edition includes Ralph Ellison''s introduction to the thirtieth anniversary edition of<i> Invisible Man</i>, a fascinating account of the novel''s seven-year gestation.<br><br>With an Introduction by John F. Callahan<br><br>''Brilliant'' Saul Bellow</p>