Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison is justly celebrated for his epochal novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953 and has become a classic of American literature. But Ellison s strange inability to finish a second novel, despite his dogged efforts and soaring prestige, made him a supremely enigmatic figure. Arnold Rampersad skillfully tells the story of a writer whose thunderous novel and astute, courageous essays on race, literature, and culture assure him of a permanent place in our literary heritage. Starting with Ellison s hardscrabble childhood in Oklahoma and his ordeal as a student in Alabama, Rampersad documents his improbable, painstaking rise in New York to a commanding place on the literary scene. With scorching honesty but also fair and compassionate, Rampersad lays bare his subject s troubled psychology and its impact on his art and on the people about him.This book is both the definitive biography of Ellison and a stellar model of literary biography.
| Autor: | Rampersad, Arnold |
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| EAN: | 9780375707988 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 704 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | Penguin Random House |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.01.2008 |
| Untertitel: | A Biography |
| Schlagworte: | Ellison, Ralph Englisch; Berichte/Erinnerungen/Biografien |
| Größe: | 202 × 132 × 35 |
| Gewicht: | 642 g |
