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SelectedbytheModernLibraryasoneofthe100bestnovelsofalltimeInvisibleManisamilestoneinAmericanliterature,abookthathascontinuedtoengagereaderssinceitsappearancein1952.Afirstnovelbyanunknownwriter,itremainedonthebestsellerlistforsixteenweeks,wontheNationalBookAwardforfiction,andestablishedRalphEllisonasoneofthekeywritersofthecentury.ThenamelessnarratorofthenoveldescribesgrowingupinablackcommunityintheSouth,attendingaNegrocollegefromwhichheisexpelled,movingtoNewYorkandbecomingthechiefspokesmanoftheHarlembranchof"theBrotherhood",andretreatingamidviolenceandconfusiontothebasementlairoftheInvisibleManheimagineshimselftobe.Thebookisapassionateandwittytourdeforceofstyle,stronglyinfluencedbyT.S.Eliot'sTheWasteLand,Joyce,andDostoevsky.
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TheModernLibraryhasplayedasignificantroleinAmericanculturallifeforthebetterpartofacentury.Theserieswasfoundedin1917bythepublishersBoniandLiverightandeightyearslateracquiredbyBennettCerfandDonaldKlopfer.Itprovidedthefoundationfortheirnextpublishingventure,RandomHouse.TheModernLibraryhasbeenastapleoftheAmericanbooktrade,providingreaderswithaffordablehardboundeditionsofimportantworksofliteratureandthought.FortheModernLibrary'sseventy-fifthanniversary,RandomHouseredesignedtheseries,restoringasitsemblemtherunningtorch-bearercreatedbyLucianBernhardin1925andrefurbishingjackets,bindings,andtype,aswellasinauguratinganewprogramofselectingtitles.TheModernLibrarycontinuestoprovidetheworld'sbestbooks,atthebestprices.,,,