PASSING by Nella Larsen 2021 Paperback

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Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Signed
No
Custom Bundle
No
Ex Libris
No
Book Series
Historical
Narrative Type
Fiction
Original Language
English
Inscribed
No
Intended Audience
Adults
Vintage
No
Personalize
No
Type
Short Stories
Personalized
No
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780593437841
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593437845
ISBN-13
9780593437841
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4050066771

Product Key Features

Book Title
Passing
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Classics, African American / Historical, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Nella Larsen
Format
Mass Market

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
3.1 Oz
Item Length
6.7 in
Item Width
4.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for Nella Larsen and Passing "It is a tragic story rooted in inescapable facts of American life: that whiteness conferred an almost universal unearned advantage, and that loyalty to a Black racial identity was not only an act of pride but also one of courage."-- The New York Times "[Larsen's novels] open up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable."--Alice Walker "One of the best novels of the year."--W.E.B. DuBois, The Crisis Magazine, Issue 36 (July 1929)
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Synopsis
Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. This Signet Classics edition of Passing includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half . One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Irene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who is similarly light-skinned, Irene discovers that Clare has been passing for a white woman after severing ties to her past--even hiding the truth from her racist husband. Clare finds herself drawn to Irene's sense of ease and security with her Black identity and longs for the community (and, increasingly, the woman) she lost. Irene is both riveted and repulsed by Clare and her dangerous secret, as Clare begins to insert herself--and her deception--into every part of Irene's stable existence. First published in 1929, Larsen's brilliant examination of the various ways in which we all seek to "pass," is as timely as ever., Nella Larsen'sfascinating exploration of race and identity-the inspiration for the Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. This Signet Classics edition of Passing includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half . One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Irene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who is similarly light-skinned, Irene discovers that Clare has been passing for a white woman after severing ties to her past-even hiding the truth from her racist husband. Clare finds herself drawn to Irene's sense of ease and security with her Black identity and longs for the community (and, increasingly, the woman) she lost. Irene is both riveted and repulsed by Clare and her dangerous secret, as Clare begins to insert herself-and her deception-into every part of Irene's stable existence. First published in 1929, Larsen's brilliant examination of the various ways in which we all seek to "pass," is as timely as ever.
LC Classification Number
PS3523.A7225P37 2021

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