Complete Fiction

Name: Complete Fiction
Brand: Nella Larsen
SKU: 9781841594118
Price: 14.02 GBP
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by Nella Larsen

Title:

Complete Fiction

Author:

Nella Larsen

Series (if any):

Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

296 pages

Publisher:

Everyman

ISBN-13:

9781841594118

EAN:

9781841594118

Publication Date:

01/06/2023

Classifications:

Anthologies (non-poetry)

Weight (g):

550

Dimensions (mm):

135 x 212 x 25

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£14.02

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Description

Throughout her short but brilliant literary career, Nell Larsen wrote piercing dramas about the black middle class that featured sensitive, spirited heroines struggling to find a place where they belong. Passing is a disturbing story about the unravelling lives of two childhood friends, one of whom turns her back on her past and marries a white racist. Just as disquieting is the portrait in Quicksand of biracial Helga Crane, 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 complexities and imbued with a vibrant sense of place - be it 1920s Harlem, Chicago, or Copenhagen.