{"product_id":"invisible-man","title":"Invisible Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story from the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe 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,\" before retreating amid violence and confusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1952 as the first novel by a then unknown author, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, James Joyce, and Dostoevsky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52826369556797,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/3235\/2829\/files\/invisible.jpg?v=1786564956","url":"https:\/\/bookshelfthomasville.com\/products\/invisible-man","provider":" The Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}