The Complete Fiction

Passing. Quicksand. And the Stories

Nella Larsen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2023
Everyman's Library (Verlag)
978-1-84159-411-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
Einführung	Erika Williams
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	134 x 211 mm
Gewicht	429 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-84159-411-3 / 1841594113
ISBN-13	978-1-84159-411-8 / 9781841594118
Zustand	Neuware