![]() Masterfully plotted and infinitely illuminating, Quicksand and Passing are two of the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance. Quicksand is a work that explores both cross-cultural and interracial themes. Quicksand By Nella Larsen Paperback Apby Nella Larsen (Author) 610 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.50 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 14.99 5 Used from 10.99 9 New from 14.99 Paperback 5.89 4 Used from 5.74 1 New from 5.89 Audio CD 9.99 1 New from 9. The novel was out of print from the 1930s to the 1970s. This is her first novel and she completed the first draft quickly. African American identity in the 1920s only to find that. Quicksand is a novel by American author Nella Larsen, first published in 1928. ![]() ![]() 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. In Quicksand, aptly titled, Helga Crane (the name Helga comes from her Danish mother) searches for her. Helga Crane, the story’s protagonist, sits in her room at Naxosa school for young black girls in the Southwhere she teaches. In Passing, two childhood friends reconnect later in life. First published in 1928 by Knopf to enthusiastic reviews. It becomes easy for her to leave behind places but the discrimination she's running from is inescapable. Quicksand & Passing, p.27, Serpent's Tail 23 Copy quote These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love of color, joy of rhythmic motion, naive, spontaneous laughter. Introdution Quicksand was writen by Nella Larsen in America. The first, Quicksand, follows a mixed-race woman who runs from the fictional town of Naxos to Chicago to Harlem to Copenhagen. Nella Larsen wrote two novels in her lifetime, both of which are collected here. Many believed that Larsen was a rising star as an African American novelist, until she soon after left Harlem, her. Larsen is most known for her two novels, Passing and Quicksand these two pieces of work got much recognition with positive reviews. 'She could neither conform nor be happy in her unconformity' Nella Larsen was an acclaimed novelist, who wrote stories in the midst on the Harlem Renaissance. VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIESĬelebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.
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