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Invisible Man

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Joe Morton's narration of Invisible Man is remarkable. He brings individual voices to dozens of characters. This was my first exposure to a great, great book and I am grateful that I heard it rather than read it. The impact of Morton's reading will stay with me for a long time.

Mr. Morton should get an award for his reading! the different voices he uses, his pauses, the emotion rendered in his voice. quite remarkable. brings the material alive. i hope mr. morton gets the recognition he deserves.

And Joe Morton's performance is brilliant. The audio version is stronger than the written.

This book was the inspiration for my first book.

I bought this audiobook because the novel is on just about every list of great books of the 20th century. I was not disappointed. And Joe Morton's performance heightens the power of the story.

An inspiring reading from Joe Morton. I had read the book, however when I listened to this audio version during a long road-trip I felt as if I had discovered the work anew. Joe Morton's performance is wonderful beyond words.

I have listened to a lot of audiobooks, but this is my favorite!

In my opinion this classic work is one of the top five fiction books in African-American History. I read the book some time ago and wanted hear it on tape to determine if my opinion of the book would change. My opinion of the book was unchanged, it is and will alway be a classic. To be highly critical of the book I would suggest it loses some pacing at the very end. However, the books clearly shows Ellison brillances as a writer and a thinker. He calls into question many issues that the Afro-American community deals with today: racisms, head negro in charge-isms, Uncle Tom-isms, being a credit to our race-isms and more. I think the underlining question raised in this book is how far will Afro-American go to please the majority race. How much of our efforts not to be the majority created stero type Afro-American is to be a credit to our race as oppose to denying our race. A must read or listen to for anybody with an interest in African-American history.

I'm listening/reading along with this CD/Book for an honors English class.
It's the only way I can get through the assignment. Narrator is pretty good - makes the length of the book bareably. I'm on disk 5 and it will be listening for a long time. The story is getting better, so if you're reading/listening, don't give up hope.

I like the fiction "Invisible Man" because it discloses a universal question: how to recognize one's identity in the community. Every person is a member of a society and lives in a community. We live, work, have various relationships with different individuals and organizations. Have we asked ourselves: who am I? Certainly we know our names, professions, relatives, friends, likes and dislikes, but that doesn't mean we are completely aware of our identity in the world, that is, what we are as social existence, what the society expects of us and what we are entitled to in the society. So there is the time we feel confused, unsatisfied, lost, disappointed, unbalanced. The society is a system, which is formed by historical force. A single individual has not the power to change it or alter it. One's indentity is decided by the society, by the relationship s/he has with the outside world.
It is important to know one's identity clearly because that is the basis for s/he to understand her/himself and the outside world and to act accordingly. The clear awareness of one's identity can help s/he avoid illusion,misdecision,misaction and so on and make her/him have more possibilities to live peacefully and successfully.