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Ralph Ellison - Invisible Man
 
   

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82 out of 82 people found this review helpful.

Resistance Through Collaboration

Date of Review:  Feb 18, 2001
The Bottom Line: Skip this flawlessly structured and sparklingly polished gem at your peril.
Review: What sort of invisibility is Ellison talking about?

When I was in graduate school, I supplemented my income by preparing headnotes and footnotes for the Harlem Renaissance section of the Norton Anthology of African American Literature...
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  5.0

by: Sloucho
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Ralph Ellison is one of the great...
Cons
Ralph Ellison has died.
 
80 out of 80 people found this review helpful.

Invisibility Examined in Black and White

Date of Review:  Feb 27, 2002
The Bottom Line: Invisible Man is an incomparable classic that explores themes that even today still affect Americans of all races. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
Review: Nooooo, you didn?t think I was going to let February pass by without a Black History Month review did you? C?mon you know me better than that.

To be honest, I was so lost in other responsibilities that I hadn?t given the idea of writing...
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  5.0

by: madtheory
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Superlative writing, engaging plot,...
Cons
Ellison';s affinity for lengthy...
 
64 out of 64 people found this review helpful.

Rereading a modern(ist) American classic for Black History Month

Date of Review:  Feb 12, 2003
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Review: I commemorated Black History Month this year by rereading Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. As with (the much shorter) Of Mice and Men,* I wonder if teenagers who are assigned to read Invisible Man or who pick it up on their own (as I did when I was a...
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  5.0

by: Stephen_Murray
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
it's quite a lot of fun to read
Cons
overlong
 
46 out of 46 people found this review helpful.

The Truth Is All But Invisible!

Date of Review:  Mar 26, 2001
The Bottom Line: You're not well-read if you've never set eyes on Ellison!
Review: Inspiration From On High

Being an English major, I'm forced to read a lot of books that I don't like, literature that simply doesn't speak to me. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to find the complete opposite, a book so powerful and...
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  5.0

by: caconti
Recommended to buy: Yes

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A unbearably beautiful classic.
Cons
None
 
25 out of 25 people found this review helpful.

Adapting and Overcoming: Reinvention of Self?

Date of Review:  May 2, 2003
The Bottom Line: Ellison demonstrates solid control, expressing his views against a wide assortment of backdrops allowing his characters to resonate with irony and purpose...
Review: The ongoing evolution of our society and culture causes changes in our microcosmic existence that result in stressful and sometimes traumatic effects. Both Ralph Ellison and Kurt Vonnegut, in their respective works, portray the experiences of the...
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  5.0

by: lansky2000
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Excellent work depicting the struggle...
Cons
May be too dense for some audiences...
 
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

Do you miss doing homework? This book might cure your longing.

Date of Review:  Dec 27, 2001
The Bottom Line: Worth reading, but for all the wrong reasons. You won't find yourself yearning for a Hollywood adaptation.
Review: What can you say about the Invisible Man? There are a couple of directions I could go with a review on this book. It was revolutionary, it was bold, it was timely, and it had extremely significant socio-political statements. Ralph Ellison writes a...
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  4.0

by: spaceage
Recommended to buy: No

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Important, socially significant,...
Cons
Not very much fun to read.
 
19 out of 19 people found this review helpful.

Invisible man is in all of us...

Date of Review:  Nov 3, 2000
Review: Invisible Man is a good novel. As an avid reader, I can clearly see why this novel has won much prestige. Ellison uses lively imagery and creative characters to add to the mystic of the Invisible Man. I felt a real connection with the novel. I was...
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  4.0

by: bellogirl
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Motivational and inspirational
Cons
some passages are a bit puzzling
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Synopsis of the African American Experience

Date of Review:  Aug 29, 2005
The Bottom Line: A Masterpiece. Highly recommended to anyone interested in literature.
Review: I am not one to reread books. This, however, is definitely an exception to that rule. Every time that I read this book, I notice something new and interesting that I have not noticed before, perhaps another detail that is a reference back to an...
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  5.0

by: grimgrrrl
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Very interesting journey, unforgettable...
Cons
Very long book; not as much fun if you...
 
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

Lightbulbs

Date of Review:  Mar 7, 2007
The Bottom Line: This book makes you feel more connected to the character than many, sharing his outrage, feeling outraged for him even when he doesn't
Review: That's the image that pops into my head when i think of this book. Ellison brings racial inequality to life through the maturing of a young African American man. The character, who's name we never learn, keeps getting smacked by the hand that feeds...
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  4.0

by: slickgl
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Really gets you angry about stuff that...
Cons
Drags in some places.
 
11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

The Perfect Novel - Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"

Date of Review:  Mar 13, 2001
The Bottom Line: Buy this book, read it, explore it! Add it to your library! Share it with a friend!
Review: Every now and then, we run into an impossible goal: throwing a perfect game, singing on the same stage as our musical icons, writing something unparalleled in the history of literature. One of my goals became impossible in 1994, a year before I read...
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  5.0

by: wlswarts
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Character, Narrative Quality, Sweeping...
Cons
NONE! Not a one!
 

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