Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen

Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen

Quicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They open up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable.--Alice Walker

Discovering Nella Larsen is like finding lost money with no name on it. One can enjoy it with delight and share it without guilt. --Maya Angelou

A hugely influential and insightful writer. --The New York Times

Larsen's heroines are complex, restless, figures, whose hungers and frustrations will haunt every sensitive reader. Quicksand and Passing are slender novels with huge themes. -- Sarah Waters

A tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity.-Women's Studies International Forum

Rutgers' all-time bestselling book, Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novels' greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editor's comprehensive introduction, Larsen takes the theme of psychic dualism, so popular in Harlem Renaissance fiction, to a higher and more complex level, displaying a sophisticated understanding and penetrating analysis of black female psychology.

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ISBN 13	9780813511696
ISBN 10	0813511690
Title	Quicksand and Passing
Author	Nella Larsen
Series	American Women Writers
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Rutgers University Press
Year published	1986-04-30
Number of pages	288
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