
Complete Fiction
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
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.






























