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Nella Larsen
The landmark novel about the cultural meaning of race, first published in 1929, is a remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries which tells the story of an…
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A taut exploration of race and gender, Passing is one of the Harlem Renaissance’s greatest works.
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‘She could neither conform nor be happy in her unconformity’
‘Absolutely absorbing, fascinating and indispensable’ Alice Walker
Nella Larsen wrote two novels in her lifetime…
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Nella Larsen's powerful first novel evocatively portrays the racial and gender restrictions that can mark a life
Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for…
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"...she's intelligent enough in a purely feminine way. Eighteenth-century France would have been a marvellous setting for her, or the old South if she hadn't made the mistake of being…
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Quicksand is a novel by American author Nella Larsen, published in 1928. It explores cross-cultural and interracial themes, with the protagonist being Helga Crane, a mixed-race African American woman who…
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Trying to find companionship in a post-COVID world is difficult at best. Nella joined a dating app and thought she had found the man of her dreams. The roller coaster…
The orphan of a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane is a young woman caught between cultures and in search of a home. Though her beauty and…
Two light-skinned African American women, friends since childhood, have chosen to embrace their identities and live their lives in completely different ways.
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Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in society, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence - until a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been passing for…
Nella Larsen, Asali Solomon
A classic novel of identity, sexuality, religion, and race by the author of Passing, hailed as "an original and hugely insightful writer" by The New York Times-with an introduction by…
A gorgeous edition of Nella Larsen’s powerful classic novel on female racial identity with an introduction by Christa Holm Vogelius.
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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 all three of her…
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…
Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclaimed. Quicksand, was autobiographical in nature and examined…
Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1928.
Includes foreword by Mae Henderson and an introduction by Ntozake Shange. This book also includes commentary, notes and a reading group guide.
Nella Larsen’s 1929 novella follows friends Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, two black women who pass as white. Their anxieties about passing culminate in tragedy, revealing the powerful repercussions of…
Nella Larsen is a central figure in African American, Modernist, and women’s literature.
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Childhood friends Clare and Irene are both light-skinned enough to pass as white, but only one of…
A captivating and prescient exploration of identity, sexuality, belonging, self-invention, and race set amidst the pealing boisterousness of the Jazz Age.
The Nella Larsen Collection is comprised of five Nella Larsen fiction including; Quicksand, Passing, Freedom, The Wrong Man, and Sanctuary. Quicksand, Larsen’s first novel, tells the story of Helga Crane…
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A classic of women’s literature in a new, elegant edition.
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