Ralph Ellison
Born
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The United States
March 01, 1913
Died
April 16, 1994
Genre
Influences
Hemingway, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Louis Armstrong, Richard Wright,
...more
![]() |
Invisible Man
273 editions
—
published
1952
—
|
|
![]() |
Juneteenth
by
39 editions
—
published
1999
—
|
|
![]() |
Flying Home and Other Stories
28 editions
—
published
1996
—
|
|
![]() |
Shadow and Act
25 editions
—
published
1964
—
|
|
![]() |
Battle Royal
|
|
![]() |
The Collected Essays
by
13 editions
—
published
1995
—
|
|
![]() |
Living with Music: Jazz Writings
by
5 editions
—
published
2001
—
|
|
![]() |
King of the Bingo Game
—
published
1944
|
|
![]() |
Going to the Territory
8 editions
—
published
1986
—
|
|
![]() |
Three Days Before the Shooting...
by
12 editions
—
published
2010
—
|
|
Related News
When Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s first book, Sabrina & Corina, came out in 2019, she felt despondent.
“I remember being very depressed and...
26 likes · 3 comments
Every heist needs a fence.
This is the person who sells what has been stolen, the mover between crime and capitalism. In Colson Whitehead’s...
88 likes · 23 comments
Listen up, because our colleagues here at Goodreads have some excellent audiobook recommendations for you! Of course, the books they've...
66 likes · 37 comments
“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
Polls
October 2016 New School Group Read
1952, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 581 pages
1979, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, 260 pages
1996, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pages
1984, Neuromancer by William Gibson, 271 pages
1924, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, 706 pages
1939, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 231 pages
1997, American Pastoral by Philip Roth, 432 pages
1956, The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick, 103 pages
1990, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, 246 pages
1950, A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 359 pages
1978, Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec, 581 pages
Topics Mentioning This Author
topics | posts | views | last activity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SciFi and Fantasy...: What else are you reading in September 2009? | 67 | 204 | Oct 05, 2009 01:18PM | |
The Seasonal Read...: 50.1 Midway - Senses, Emotions, Memories (pjreads) | 201 | 272 | Nov 03, 2009 02:06PM | |
The Seasonal Read...: 10.3 (RENAISSANCE READING) | 20 | 164 | Jan 14, 2010 03:06PM | |
The Next Best Boo...: Christine's 2010 Reading Goal | 7 | 71 | Sep 19, 2010 06:54PM | |
Romance Readers R...: Shea's 2010 Challenges | 14 | 87 | Nov 27, 2010 10:19PM |