Passing - (Modern Library Torchbearers) Annotated by Nella Larsen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TESSA THOMPSON AND RUTH NEGGA <p/>Two women in 1920s New York discover how fluid and dangerous our perceptions of race can be in this electrifying classic of the Harlem Renaissance--w<b>ith an introduction by Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of <i>We Love You, Charlie Freeman</i>, finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize <p/></b>"The genius of this book is that its protagonists . . . are complex and fully realized. . . . The work of a highly talented and thoughtful writer."--Richard Bernstein, <i>The New York Times<br></i></b> <br>Irene Redfield is living an affluent, enviable life with her husband and children in the thriving African American enclave of Harlem in the 1920s. That is, until she runs into her childhood friend, Clare Kendry. Since they last saw each other, Clare, who is similarly light-skinned, has been "passing" for a white woman, married to a racist man who does not know about his wife's real identity, which she has chosen to hide from the rest of the world. Irene is both fascinated and repulsed by Clare's dangerous secret, and in turn, Clare yearns for Irene's sense of ease and security with her Black identity and community, which Clare gave up in pursuit of a more advantageous life, and which she can never embrace again. As the two women grow close, Clare begins to insert herself and her deception into every part of Irene's stable existence, and their complex reunion sets off a chain of events that dynamically alters both women forever. <p/> In this psychologically gripping and chilling novel, Nella Larsen explores the blurriness of race, sacrifice, alienation, and desire that defined her own experience as a woman of mixed race, issues that still powerfully resonate today. Ultimately, Larsen forces us to consider whether we can ever truly choose who we are. <p/> <b>The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.<br></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for Nella Larsen and <i>Passing<br></i></b><br>"The genius of this book is that its protagonists . . . are complex and fully realized. . . . The work of a highly talented and thoughtful writer."<b>--Richard Bernstein, <i>The New York Times<br></i></b><br>"[Larsen's novels] 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."<b>--Alice Walker</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Nella Larsen</b> (1891-1964) is one of the most well-known names in the Harlem Renaissance canon and a fixture in African American and women's studies, though much of her personal history remains elusive. She also worked as a nurse and a librarian, and she was the first African American woman to receive a Guggenheim fellowship.
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