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Michael Strode
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Ellison's introduction could have closed with his opening question "What, if anything, is there that a novelist can say about his work that wouldn't be better left to critics?" for what followed was a meandering upon a masterpiece. The Prologue remains exceptional as story staging. One is drawn into curious mind of a character whom validates himself in the world through sabotage for having refused him personhood.
— May 05, 2012 09:07AM
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Michael Strode
is on page 196 of 581
The story compels you forward in a slow, willful progression as the ice fractures in the mind of our protagonist and he must reconcile the realization that he is without any identity he might call his own. Even relieving oneself of DuBois' veil of double consciousness affords no solace for one discovers that they are required to start building an entirely new basis on which to engage the world.
— May 11, 2012 05:21PM
