Quicksand & Passing

Two Novellas

Nella Larsen

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Vintage Classics
31 January 2023

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Harlem Renaissance Series

A beautifully designed series that pays homage to the essential books of the most important and revolutionary Black arts movements in modern history.

VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES

Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.

'She could neither conform nor be happy in her unconformity'

Nella Larsen wrote two novels in her lifetime, both of which are collected here. The first, Quicksand, follows a mixed-race woman who runs from the fictional town of Naxos to Chicago to Harlem to Copenhagen. It becomes easy for her to leave behind places but the discrimination she's running from is inescapable. In Passing, two childhood friends reconnect later in life. One, slightly more light-skinned than the other, lives her life passing for a white person, married to a flagrant racist while her friend observes uneasily.

Masterfully plotted and infinitely illuminating, Quicksand and Passing are two of the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance.

'A beloved novel from the Harlem Renaissance that follows the fraught relationship between two childhood friends, one who passes for white and one who chooses not to' Brit Bennett

'Absolutely absorbing, fascinating and indispensable' Alice Walker

'Buy the book' W. E. B. Du Bois

By: Nella Larsen
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 219g
ISBN: 9781784877590
ISBN 10: 178487759X
Series: Harlem Renaissance Series
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 31 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

NELLA LARSEN (1891-1964) was an American writer 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.

Reviews for Quicksand & Passing: Two Novellas

A beloved novel from the Harlem Renaissance that follows the fraught relationship between two childhood friends, one who passes for white and one who chooses not to -- Brit Bennett 'Absolutely absorbing, fascinating and indispensable' -- Alice Walker 'Buy the book' W. E. B. Du Bois -- W. E. B. Du Bois