The Black Ball by Ralph Ellison

'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.

• Series:Penguin Modern
• Format:
  • Paperback / softback
  • 64 pages
• Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint:Penguin Classics
• ISBN:9780241339220
• Published:22 Feb 2018
• Classifications:
  • Classic fiction (pre c 1945),
  • Short stories
• Readership:
  • General (US: Trade)
• Weight:46g
• Dimensions:161 x 112 x 8 (mm)
• Pub. Country:United Kingdom