Invisible Man is a deeply moving novel that explores identity, race, and the struggle to be seen as an individual. The unnamed narrator isn’t literally invisible, but he comes to understand that society only sees him as a role to be played, not as a person with his own thoughts and desires. Whether as a student, a worker, or a political figure, he is constantly defined by others and used for their own purposes. Though the...
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This book is one of the most riveting, inspiring books. Every scene is carefully selected to leave you with more questions about race and identity than answers. Too good!
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When I first read Ralph Ellison's remarkable Invisible Man I was in college. Having grown up middle class midwestern white, it seemed at the time to be a marvelous piece of work that plunged me into the nightmarishly crushing world of racism from the black perspective. It opened my eyes to racism in a way that I could never have possibly percieved from the perspective of my own limited experience.Thirty years later I pulled...
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"Stephen's task, like ours, was not in creating the uncreated aspects of his race, but of discovering the undiscovered features of his face. Our task is in making ourselves individuals. The conscience of a race is the conscience of its individuals who see, evaluate, record... we create the race by creating ourselves, and to our astonishment we would have created something far more important: we would have created a...
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A few weeks ago, The New York Times Book Review published a piece entitled The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century and it has garnered lots of attention. Here's a look at the list, along with highlights, a reading guide, and more.
A book club that saves together, stays together! You may already be a part of our ReadingRewards program, but did you know that by inviting your friends (or book club members) to join the program, everyone earns free book credits. Read on to learn more about how it works.
As the weather starts to turn colder, there’s nothing like curling up with a good book. The list of titles coming out this fall is packed with must-reads. This week we feature ten new and upcoming books, along with suggestions of what you can read first.