The Complete Fiction - Passing. Quicksand. And the Stories

Informationen zum Autor Nella Larsen (1891-1964) was an American novelist and major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Chicago, she attended university in Nashville and subsequently lived in Denmark and New York, where she worked as a nurse and librarian. Her two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), established her as one of the most important black female novelists in American history. Klappentext Throughout her short but brilliant literary career, Nell Larsen wrote piercing dramas about the black middle class that featured sensitive, spirited heroines struggling to find a place where they belong. Passing is a disturbing story about the unravelling 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 complexities and imbued with a vibrant sense of place - be it 1920s Harlem, Chicago, or Copenhagen. Zusammenfassung Throughout her short but brilliant literary career, Nell Larsen wrote piercing dramas about the black middle class that featured sensitive, spirited heroines struggling to find a place where they belong. Passing is a disturbing story about the unravelling 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 complexities and imbued with a vibrant sense of place - be it 1920s Harlem, Chicago, or Copenhagen.

Product details

• Authors: Nella Larsen, Larsen Nella
• Assisted by: Erika Williams (Introduction)
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2023
• EAN: 9781841594118
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-411-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 211 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library classics; Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, Science Fiction, Short Stories, FICTION / Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering, Narrative theme: Social issues, United States of America, USA, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Anthologies: general, c 1990 to c 1999, Relating to African American / Black American people, Relating to peoples or groups of multiple heritage / culture