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Anyone in /lit/ read The Invisible Man? A little way through and it really is a good book so far IMO.

>> No.6178480
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6178480

>>6178263
I read one of them.

Saw the old film of the other.

>> No.6178524

I had a lot of fun reading it, much more than I expected. I liked that the main character was such an asshole.

>> No.6178908

>>6178263
One of the funniest books I ever read.

>> No.6178939

I finished it the other day, it was such a fun read. Really well put together; much like Wells' other works, it really comes together in the end.

>> No.6178951

>>6178480

I should have read this for something on tuesday.

What should I say about it to sound smart le nabokov butterfly

>> No.6178959

>>6178263
wow, people don't shit on the book in the first few posts

thanks, i was searching for something to read

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>>6178951
>le nabokov butterfly
I don't like that lepidopterist...
It's too late. Read all the crib notes you can find. It's pretty multifaceted.

>> No.6179005

>>6178987

I have a class on ethnic literature but I don't give a fuck about reading about black people. I just want to read old farts like Joyce and Nabokov.

PS: I'm black

>> No.6179025

>>6179005
Invisible Man is really worth the read, no matter what race you are.
It even connect to western cannon perfectly, if that matters to anyone. Consider Ellison one of the old farts you should be reading.

>> No.6179713

>>6179025

Yeah I am quite interested in Ellison as he seems to be one of those ethnic writers that is genuinely a good writer and isn't just sold on based race

>> No.6180878

>>6179025
Is it?
I have a similar class that's simply foreign literature. I was going to read Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go for it.

>> No.6180903

>>6179713
Ellison is patrician as fug, definitely not hyped based solely on his race or even mostly on his race (I doubt many SJW's have read him).

>> No.6180916

>>6179025

Seconded, Invisible Man is brilliantly written and stands on its own merit

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>>6179025
>cannon

>> No.6180960

>>6180942
>Cannon
>Old farts
Ass cannon