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Invisible Man
Invisible Man
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Start date
October 1, 2016
Finish date
October 31, 2016
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October 2016 New School Group Read

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Ashley
Oct 21, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: race-gender-sexuality, myth-after-slavery, black-literature-black-authors
I’m not finished with this one. I mean, I’ve read it... and now I’ve picked it back up to read it again. Why? Because it deserves it. Not only does it speak on the black experience by interlacing the invisible man’s story with that of Odysseus, but it lingers. It lingers in my consciousness, it’s message, it’s search for self and identity. So... I’m reading it again with a lens focused on its mythic properties because I believe that Ellison might have felt that he could make the dehumanizing exp ...more
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Bob Finch
Jun 16, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 27, 2013 marked it as to-read
Clio
Mar 12, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: black-lit, natl-book-award, classics
Skittles Malone
Apr 26, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Clayton Brannon
Jul 31, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
Mohammed
Dec 19, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Sarah
Jan 02, 2016 marked it as interested
Shelves: classics, added-2016
Peter
Aug 12, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: modern-library-top-100, audibleus
Jndread
Nov 07, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Jared Evanoski
Nov 24, 2016 marked it as to-read
Bonnie Brandt
Feb 09, 2017 rated it really liked it
Karen
Apr 20, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 1001-books-2008-edition
Chinook
Oct 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Jan 04, 2018 marked it as to-read
Vikas
Jun 13, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Amber
Jun 29, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Ashley Clark
Jan 13, 2020 rated it really liked it
Mia
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Megan
Jan 11, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: reads-with-kids
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