{"product_id":"quicksand-and-passing-book-nella-larsen-9781515432432","title":"Quicksand and Passing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cp\u003eA hugely influential and insightful writer. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLarsen's heroines are complex, restless, figures, whose hungers and frustrations will haunt every sensitive reader. \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e are slender novels with huge themes. -- Sarah Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity.-\u003ci\u003eWomen's Studies International Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRutgers' all-time bestselling book, Nella Larsen's novels \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e (1928) and \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51032810914065,"sku":"NIN9781515432432","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1515432432.jpg?v=1750860290","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/quicksand-and-passing-book-nella-larsen-9781515432432","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}