The Invisible Man
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The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
9 people recommended it in 7 threads, 2016–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
I really enjoyed the writing, among other things, and how he captures short moments and scenes with sort of a hard-to-describe quality of a visual art, almost.
I was just hit with a thought like, “I’ve never read anything like this and I’ve never heard a teacher want to talk about books this deeply.”
a portrait of a character in a time I didn’t experience.
Really changed how I thought about books and how I approached writing.
The experiential depiction of a Black man in Harlem in the 1940s/1950s is like the purest amber fossil. That world in so many ways no longer exists but the vivid rendition brings it alive.
I remember the world Ellison described and the feeling of being there on the street with the narrator was so real.
Where it comes up
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