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Quicksand and Passing
Nella Larsen
Start Publishing PD · Print & ebook · May 15, 2024
Reading lane: Black Historical Fiction
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- Authors
- Nella Larsen
- Publisher
- Start Publishing PD
- Published
- May 15, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Black Historical Fiction · Black Lit Crit
- Reading lane
- Black Historical Fiction
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Historical Fiction
Christian Historical Fiction
About This Book
Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclaimed. Collected here are both of her novels Passing and Quicksand. Quicksand was autobiographical in nature and examined a woman's need for sexual fulfilment balanced against respectability and acceptance amid a deeply religious society. The novel is deeply pessimistic and ends as the protagonist is sucked into a life that is at od...
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