1. It's one of the finest American novels written since the War. . .
Ellison did a remarkable job of capturing both the experience of the Black man in America as well as that of everyman caught in the squeeze of modern society. And the beauty of it all is that the prose and imagery are all so simple . . . there's no affectation or unnecessary literary devices . . . just clean, simple language telling a pure tale. What rocks you to your core is the power of his prose and the undeniable belief that though the narrator's story sounds absurd it is without question an authentic statement of reality for far too many people.
Required reading in my high school english class and I just ate it up. Now I'm going to have to search for my copy. I don't remember a lot of the plot points, but the sense of invisibility was well captured.
A great work of fiction. I wonder why it was Ellison's only published novel, though. His career work is relatively small for a National Book Award winner.
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