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''If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.''

Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

The Black Ball

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    A Paperback / softback by Ralph Ellison

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/02/2018
      ISBN13: 9780241339220, 978-0241339220
      ISBN10: 0241339227

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.''

      Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man.

      Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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