Ralph waldo ellison (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of the Brotherhood, and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of the Brotherhood, and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of the Brotherhood, and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Library Binding. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Originele gele hardcover, stofomslag, gemarmerde schutbladen, vertaald door Ronald Cohen, 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 0002- edition. 7.80x5.10x1.20 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: NEW.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ' Comment savoir où on allait ', se demandait Homme invisible, quand il songeait aux caprices de son destin. Dans De retour au pays, Ellison élabore, comme en musique, son ' thème américain '. La progression de ces treize nouvelles correspond à ce qu'Ellison connaissait de son enfance et de son adolescence. C'est la période de la normalité trompeuse des années 20, le choc de la Dépression puis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, quand l'expérience des Noirs révèle leurs espoirs et leurs impossibilités. Qu'ils soient musiciens, instruits, qu'ils croient un instant qu'ils ont, comme dit Ellison, des ailes et hop ! on les fout à la porte du paradis avec une carte de l'Alabama: retour au pays. Tout au long de sa vie d'écrivain, Ellison a toujours perçu l'identité américaine de la même façon que ses personnages: assistant à un lynchage, traversant le pays sur les toits des trains, persécutés de façon sadique par les policiers blancs, qu'ils soient musiciens, gardiens d'immeuble ou de simples gosses des rues qui essaient d'accrocher un parachute à un poussin pour le faire voler. On peut résumer ainsi la quête d'Ellison: l'enfant demande à son père: ' Marron, c'est plus joli que blanc, hein, papa ' ' Certains pensent comme ça ', répond le père, ' mais le mieux, c'est américain, mon petit '. Voici la réponse d'Ellison: la croyance en une identité démocratique commune.…