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Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

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Feb 24, 2016 Audacia Ray rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, read-in-2016, aplus-favorites

I think this is my third or forth reread and I feel like it handed my ass to me yet again. This time I read it in conversation with other books I read this month (The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter, Ballad of Black Tom, Long Division). I definitely did not understand the stuff about white topped social justice organizing on previous reads in the way I did this time through. I also thought really differently about the ways black and white women are treated, the desire to possess or destroy them, ...more

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Jun 17, 2020 Cindy rated it liked it

Shelves: diverse-book, challenge, diverse-author, 2020, 2021

Such a strange book! It reads more like a dream than a novel. I was planning to give it 2 stars but the ending convinced me to bump it up. I'm glad I read it, but the style was really confusing for me. I wish I'd read it in school so I could discuss it with someone. ...more

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Dec 18, 2009 Molly rated it it was ok

Shelves: grad-school, i-give-up, 2-stars, i-want-to-like-you, classics

For some reason, I hear "Invisible Man," my mind goes instantly to HG Wells, not this particular novel. I think I might have preferred Wells's story instead! ...more

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