The Complete Fiction
Passing. Quicksand. And the Stories
$40.95
- Hardcover
296 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2023
Summary
A hardback omnibus of the complete fiction of one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance, including her most famous novel, Passing.
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 pas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841594118 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841594113 |
| Author: | Nella Larsen, Erika Williams |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 429g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 134mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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About The Author
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen (Author)
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.
Erika Williams (Introducer)
Erika Renee Williams is an associate professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Tales of Du Bois and is at work on a book about narratives of racial passing in modernist and contemporary literature.
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