Passing
by:
Nella Larsen (author)
'Nella' Larsen (first called Nellie Walker) (1891-1964) was a black American novelist of the HarlemRenaissance who wrote two novels, of whichPassing is her best-known. Though her literaryoutput was scant, what she wrote earned herrecognition by her contemporaries and by present-daycritics.Passing...
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'Nella' Larsen (first called Nellie Walker) (1891-1964) was a black American novelist of the HarlemRenaissance who wrote two novels, of whichPassing is her best-known. Though her literaryoutput was scant, what she wrote earned herrecognition by her contemporaries and by present-daycritics.Passing was first publishedin 1929 but has receivedrenewed attention becauseof its cl
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00N27UHME
Publisher: Stellar Editions
Pages no: 126
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
American,
Historical Fiction,
African American,
College
Passing is a novel by American author Nella Larsen. Published in 1929 and set in 1920s Harlem, New York City. The plot centers on the meeting of two childhood friends of mixed-race African-American ancestry. Clare Kendry and Irene Redfiel are friends from old and a chance meeting sees them rekin...
A short novel about a concept so alien today to the white, non-American community that it's absolutely worth reading for its subject matter. It is a tad poetic, but not too much so; abruptly ending, but providing, to my mind, a sufficient sense of closure; the dialogues are fine, the situations feel...
This is a book about a blonde woman trying to hide the fact that she is Actually Black, while meanwhile trying to connect with her African-American heritage, and everyone around her (black and white) taking this situation completely seriously and trying to help her hide the fact that she is Totally ...
This is a book about a blonde woman trying to hide the fact that she is Actually Black, while meanwhile trying to connect with her African-American heritage, and everyone around her (black and white) taking this situation completely seriously and trying to help her hide the fact that she is Totally ...
This compact novel is as powerful, as unconventional and as good as Kate Chopin's best. Both Irene and Clare are Chicagoans light enough to pass. They grew up together, colored. It is the 20's and their worlds are changing, just not fast enough.Irene marries a successful, decidedly black, doctor. C...
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