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Quicksand and Passing - Nella Larsen & Deborah E. McDowell

By Nella Larsen & Deborah E. McDowell

Release Date: 1986-04-01

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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ā€œQuicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They 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.ā€ ā€”Alice Walker

ā€œA tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity.ā€ā€”Womenā€™s Studies International Forum

Rutgersā€™ all-time bestselling book, Nella Larsenā€™s novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novelsā€™ greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editorā€™s comprehensive introduction, Larsen takes the theme of psychic dualism, so popular in Harlem Renaissance fiction, to a higher and more complex level, displaying a sophisticated understanding and penetrating analysis of black female psychology.

Passing is now a major motion picture written, produced, and directed by Rebecca Hall. It premiered at Sundance in 2021 and is available on Netflix.

Quicksand and Passing - Nella Larsen & Deborah E. McDowell

By Nella Larsen & Deborah E. McDowell

Release Date: 1986-04-01

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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ā€œQuicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They 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.ā€ ā€”Alice Walker

ā€œA tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity.ā€ā€”Womenā€™s Studies International Forum

Rutgersā€™ all-time bestselling book, Nella Larsenā€™s novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novelsā€™ greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editorā€™s comprehensive introduction, Larsen takes the theme of psychic dualism, so popular in Harlem Renaissance fiction, to a higher and more complex level, displaying a sophisticated understanding and penetrating analysis of black female psychology.

Passing is now a major motion picture written, produced, and directed by Rebecca Hall. It premiered at Sundance in 2021 and is available on Netflix.

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