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The complete fiction : Passing, Quicksand, and the stories
Published 2023 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York
ISBN 9780593536544
Bib Id 1215275
Description xxxiv, 252 pages ; 21 cm
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9780593536544 (hardcover) $27.00
0593536541 (hardcover)
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The complete fiction : Passing, Quicksand, and the stories
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Complete fiction of Nella Larsen : Passing, Quicksand, and the stories
Passing, Quicksand, and the stories
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2023 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York :
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xxxiv, 252 pages ; 21 cm
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This complete collection includes three short stories and two full length novels.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Wrong man -- Freedom -- Sanctuary -- Quicksand -- Passing.
Summary
Throughout her [...] literary career, Nella Larsen wrote piercing dramas about the Black middle class that featured sensitive, spirited heroines struggling to find a place where they belonged. Passing, Larsen's best-known work, is a disturbing story about the unraveling lives of two childhood friends, one of whom turns her back on her past and marries a white racist. Just as disquieting is the portrait in Quicksand of biracial Helga Crane, who is unable to escape her loneliness no matter where and with whom she lives. Race and marriage offer few securities here or in the other stories in this compulsively readable collection, rich in psychological complexity and imbued with a vibrant sense of place.
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