Quicksand

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 'The overlooked American writer who blows apart modern thinking on race' Telegraph Born to a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself as a mixed-race woman in the Deep South of 1920's America. She moves to Harlem and then to Copenhagen in her search for a sense of belonging and acceptance, but wherever she goes, she cannot escape the perceptions and prejudices of others. One of the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen's semi-autobiographical first novel is a powerful portrayal of one woman's fractured inner life. Zusammenfassung 'The overlooked American writer who blows apart modern thinking on race' Telegraph Born to a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself as a mixed-race woman in the Deep South of 1920’s America. She moves to Harlem and then to Copenhagen in her search for a sense of belonging and acceptance, but wherever she goes, she cannot escape the perceptions and prejudices of others. One of the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen’s semi-autobiographical first novel is a powerful portrayal of one woman’s fractured inner life.

Product details

• Authors: Nella Larsen, Larsen Nella
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9780241652657
• ISBN: 978-0-241-65265-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Harlem, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, c 1920 to c 1929, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), FICTION / African American & Black / Women, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century, Relating to African American / Black American people, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction