Passing by Nella Larsen - ISBN: 9780008590154
Paperback
Identity, race, secrets, and obsession collide with devastating consequences.

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 2022

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‘She wished to find out about this hazardous business of “passing,” this breaking away from all that was familiar and friendly to take one’s chance in another environment…’

The elegant Clare Kendry glides through New York’s high-society circles with ease, until the day she is reacquainted with her childhood friend, Irene. Clare chooses to ‘pass’ as white, hiding her Afric…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008590154
ISBN-10:000859015X
Author:Nella Larsen
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:William Collins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:29 September 2022
Weight:140g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 11mm
Series:Collins Classics
About The Author

Nella Larsen

Nella Larsen (née Walker) was an American novelist, born April 13, 1891 in Chicago. She gained widespread recognition for her novellas Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), and several short stories. In 1930, she disappeared from the literary scene and continued her working life in nursing. She died in 1964 at the age of seventy-three.

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