Kell
15th February 2008, 20:22
Your three choices for the March Poll are as follows:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison:
Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the extraordinary story of a man who is invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Yet his powerfully depicted adventures - from a terrifying Harlem race riot to his expulsion from a Southern college - go far beyond the story of one man. The lives of countless millions are evoked in this superb portrait of a generation of black Americans.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in the Deep South in the 1930s, in which a lawyer finds himself defending an innocent black man accused of raping a white girl. "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". This is a lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this story - a black man charged with raping a white girl in the Deep South of the 1930s
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides:The five beautiful Lisbon sisters were entrancing, mystical creatures, worshipped from afar by boys who now tell their story. The only surprising thing about them was how normal they seemed on the one and only date they were ever allowed on. Until they started killing themselves.
The poll will close on the evening of Friday 22 February to give everyone plenty of time to get hold of the winning book.
Cast your votes, please!
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison:
Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the extraordinary story of a man who is invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Yet his powerfully depicted adventures - from a terrifying Harlem race riot to his expulsion from a Southern college - go far beyond the story of one man. The lives of countless millions are evoked in this superb portrait of a generation of black Americans.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in the Deep South in the 1930s, in which a lawyer finds himself defending an innocent black man accused of raping a white girl. "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". This is a lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this story - a black man charged with raping a white girl in the Deep South of the 1930s
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides:The five beautiful Lisbon sisters were entrancing, mystical creatures, worshipped from afar by boys who now tell their story. The only surprising thing about them was how normal they seemed on the one and only date they were ever allowed on. Until they started killing themselves.
The poll will close on the evening of Friday 22 February to give everyone plenty of time to get hold of the winning book.
Cast your votes, please!