Quicksand and Passing
Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclaimed. Collected here are both of her novels, Passing and Quicksand. Quicksand, was autobiographical in nature and examined a woman's need for sexual fulfilment balanced against respectability and acceptance amid a deeply religious society. The novel is deeply pessimistic and ends as the protagonist is sucked into a life that is at odds with all that she had desired. Passing confronts the reality of racial passing. The novel focuses on two childhood friends Clare and Irene, both of whom are light ski…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60459-992-3
- EAN: 9781604599923
- Produktnummer: 14053174
- Verlag: Wilder Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 188 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 282 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 282
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