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21%OFFRalph Ellison - Invisible Man (Penguin Essentials) - 9780241970560 - V9780241970560
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Invisible Man (Penguin Essentials)

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Description for Invisible Man (Penguin Essentials) Paperback. Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being, the 'invisible man' retreats into an underground cell, where the author smokes, drinks, listens to jazz and recounts his search for identity in white society. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 336.

New Penguin Essentials edition of Ralph Ellison's blistering, impassioned novel of African-American lives in 1940s America, Invisible Man.

'I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.'

Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being, the 'invisible man' retreats into an underground cell, where he smokes, drinks, listens to jazz and recounts his search for identity in white society: as an optimistic student in the Deep South, in the north with the black activist group the Brotherhood, and in the Harlem race riots. And explains how he came to be living underground ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Essentials
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Penguin Essentials
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241970560
SKU
V9780241970560
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About Ralph Ellison
Ralph Waldo Ellison was born in Oklahoma in 1914. He studied music and in 1936 went to live in New York. He started contributing to the Federal Writers' Project (part of Roosevelt's New Deal) and soon his short stories and articles were published. After returning from war service in the Merchant Marines, he concentrated on his writing and, in 1952, ... Read more

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