Invisible Man

Published in 1952, the bright and passionate debut novel by the then-unknown author remained on bestseller lists for many weeks and made Ralph Ellison one of the key writers of the 20th century. "Invisible Man" emerged at a time when society was on the brink of tremendous change, giving voice to an entire generation of Americans. The novel, written from the perspective of an unnamed narrator, is a story of humanity stumbling along the path to identity, overcoming hardships and only occasionally achieving success. A book that has been regularly reissued for seventy years, now available in Russian for the first time translated by Elena Petrova.