Quicksand by Nella Larsen - ISBN: 9780593730270
Paperback
Identity, race, and sexuality collide: can Helga ever truly be free?
  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    5 March 2024

Summary

A classic novel of identity, sexuality, religion, and race by the author of Passing, hailed as “an original and hugely insightful writer” by The New York Times—with an introduction by Asali Solomon, author of The Days of Afrekete

“Quicksand… opens up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read it years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable.” —Alice Walker

Born to a white Danish mother and a Black …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593730270
ISBN-10:0593730275
Author:Nella Larsen, Asali Solomon
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:5 March 2024
Weight:166g
Dimensions:16mm x 203mm x 132mm
Series:Modern Library Torchbearers
About The Author

Nella Larsen

Nella Larsen (1891-1964) is one of the most well-known names in the Harlem Renaissance canon, though much of her personal history remains elusive. The author of two novels, Quicksand and Passing, and several short stories, she received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1930 and later worked as a nurse. Larsen died in New York City in 1964.

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