Passing - Film Tie-In

Nella Larsen's distinctive and revealing novel about racial identity set in New York in 1929. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and Alexander Skarsgard. Irene Redfield, married to a successful physician, enjoys a comfortable life in Harlem, New York. Reluctantly, she renews her friendship with old school friend, Clare Kendry. Clare, who like Irene is light skinned, 'passes' as white and is married to a racist white man who has no idea about Clare's racial heritage. Even though Irene knows that reigniting her friendship with Clare will lead to trouble, she can't resist allowing Irene into her world. Irene in turn wants to rekindle her bonds with the African American community of her youth. As tensions mount between friends and between couples, this taut and mesmerizing narrative spins towards an unexpected end. This edition of Passing features an introduction by writer and academic, Christa Holm Vogelius.

Product details

• Authors: Nella Larsen, Larsen Nella, Christa Holm Vogelius
• Assisted by: Christa Holm Vogelius (Introduction)
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781529047974
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-4797-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York, Harlem, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Narrative theme: Social issues, Modernism, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), FICTION / African American & Black / Women, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century, c 1919 to c 1929 (The Jazz Age), Relating to African American / Black American people, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage