Invisible Man

'One of the most important American novels of the twentieth century' The Times n n 'It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves' n n Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published in 1952 when American society was in the cusp of immense change, the powerfully depicted adventures of Ellison's invisible man - from his expulsion from a Southern college to a terrifying Harlem race riot - go far beyond the story of one individual to give voice to the experience of an entire generation of black Americans. n n This edition includes Ralph Ellison's introduction to the thirtieth anniversary edition of Invisible Man, a fascinating account of the novel's seven-year gestation.

n n With an Introduction by John F. Callahan n n 'Brilliant' Saul Bellow n