{"product_id":"quicksand-and-passing-paperback-2","title":"Quicksand and Passing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah E. McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\" --\u003cb\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Discovering Nella Larsen is like finding lost money with no name on it. One can enjoy it with delight and share it without guilt.\" --\u003cb\u003eMaya Angelou\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hugely influential and insightful writer.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eLarsen's heroines are complex, restless, figures, whose hungers and frustrations will haunt every sensitive reader. \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e are slender novels with huge themes.\" --\u003cb\u003eSarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's Studies International Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRutgers' all-time bestselling book, Nella Larsen's novels \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1928) and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novels' greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editor'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah E. McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the University of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNellallitea \"Nella\" Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e, born \u003cb\u003eNellie Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (April 13, 1891 - March 30, 1964), was an American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance. The daughter of Peter Walker, a mulatto Afro-Caribbean immigrant from the West Indies and Marie Walker, née Hansen, a Danish immigrant, Larsen worked as both a nurse and a librarian. \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e (1928) and \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e (1929) were her only novels, although she wrote some short stories. She earned some recognition during her lifetime, but there was a great revival of interest in her work in the latter part of the 20th Century, largely due to the publication of this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.86 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480808415539,"sku":"9780813511702","price":50.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/vR4v2yVcj69780813511702.webp?v=1781373019","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/quicksand-and-passing-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}