{"product_id":"the-complete-fiction-of-nella-larsen-passing-quicksand-and-the-stories-paperback","title":"The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Larson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarita Golden\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together the complete fiction of the author of \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout her short but brilliant literary career, Nella Larsen wrote piercing dramas about the black middle class that featured sensitive, spirited heroines struggling to find a place where they belonged. \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e, Larsen's best-known work, is a disturbing story about the unraveling lives of two childhood friends, one of whom turns her back on her past and marries a white bigot. Just as disquieting is the portrait in \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e of Helga Crane, half black and half white, 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 complexity and imbued with a sense of place that brings Harlem vibrantly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen,\" whose career flamed brightly but briefly in the 1920s, we rediscover one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance. \u003cbr\u003eNella Larsen's subject is the struggle of sensitive, spirited heroines to find a place for themselves in a hostile world. \"Passing is the story of a light-skinned beauty who, after spending years passing for white, finds herself dangerously drawn to an old friend's Harlem neighborhood. In \"Quicksand, a restless young mulatto tries desperately to find a comfortable place in a world in which she sees herself as a perpetual outsider. Race and marriage offer few securities here or in the other stories in a collection that is compellingly readable, rich in psychological complexity, and imbued with a sense of place that brings Harlem vibrantly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNella Larsen (1891-1964) was the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eQuicksand \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e, and several short stories. She received a Guggenheim fellowship to write a third novel in 1930 but, unable to find a publisher for it, she disappeared from the literary scene and worked as a nurse. Larsen died in New York City in 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755678957856,"sku":"9780385721004","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/27ee103c213fbea0666c6a11e8fbb92a.webp?v=1780065670","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-complete-fiction-of-nella-larsen-passing-quicksand-and-the-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}