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Invisible Man, a Rare card
Invisible Man is Ralph Ellison's first novel, and the only one published during his lifetime.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Invisible Man quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Invisible Man card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1998, the ______ Library ranked Invisible Man 19th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Answer
Modern. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man 19th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. From the Invisible Man article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Invisible Man won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in ____, making Ellison the first African-American writer to win the award.
Answer
1950s. Invisible Man won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953, making Ellison the first African-American writer to win the award. From the Invisible Man article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was first published by the British magazine Horizon in 1947, and addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans in the early 20th century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.
- Invisible Man won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953, making Ellison the first African-American writer to win the award.
- In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man 19th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Invisible Man article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Invisible Man
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Invisible Man (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer . Published by Random House ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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