Passing - (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by Nella Larsen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in society, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence -- until a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been passing for white. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable. -- Alice Walker<br>A work so fine, sensitive, and distinguished that it rises above race categories and becomes that rare object, a good novel. -- <i>The Saturday Review of Literature<br></i>Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in Harlem's vibrant society of the 1920s, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence-until she is shaken out of it by a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been passing for white. An important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen was the first African-American woman to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Her fictional portraits of women seeking their identities through a fog of racial confusion were informed by her own Danish-West Indian parentage, and <i>Passing</i> offers fascinating psychological insights into issues of race and gender.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>One of the shining stars of the Harlem Renaissance, Nellallitea Nella Larsen (April 13, 1891-March 30, 1964) left behind only two novels and a handful of short stories -- but Larsen's remarkable voice and vision has ensured her place in literary history.
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