Invisible Man

Cultural  

1. (1952) A novel by African-American author Ralph Ellison. Set in the United States in the 1930s, it depicts a black man's struggle for identity. It won a National Book Award in 1953.

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Example Sentences

Another exchange in the new files between Maxwell and "The Invisible Man" discusses a trip to Peru.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Actor Claude Rains, star of The Invisible Man, lost 90 percent of the vision in his right eye and received permanent vocal-cord damage in a gas attack.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

An Avengers-like team-up of Victorian pulp heroes like Captain Nemo and the Invisible Man, “Extraordinary Gentleman” ran for decades and even inspired a loosely based film adaptation in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

There are interesting parallels to Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" throughout the album.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2022

But, like the Invisible Man in H. G. Wells, I discovered that my gift had its price, which took the form of, in my case as in his, a sort of mental darkness.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt