Passing

Clare Kendry has severed all ties to her past. Elegant, fair-skinned and ambitious, she is married to a white man who is unaware of her African-American heritage. When she renews her acquaintance with her childhood friend Irene, who has not hidden her origins, both women are forced to reassess their marriages, the lies they have told - and to confront the secret fears they have buried within themselves. Nella Larsen''s intense, taut and psychologically nuanced portrayal of lives and identities dangerously colliding established her as a leading writer of America''s Harlem Renaissance.br>br>The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.>

Product details

• Authors: Nella Larsen, Larsen Nella
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780241472712
• ISBN: 978-0-241-47271-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Harlem, Narrative theme: Social issues, c 1920 to c 1929, Relating to African American people, FICTION / African American & Black / General