The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

by Larsen, Nella; Larson, Charles; Golden, Marita

• ISBN13: 9780385721004
• ISBN10: 0385721005
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780307757166
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-06
• Publisher: Anchor
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Summary

InThe Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen,whose career flamed brightly but briefly in the 1920s, we rediscover one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Nella Larsen's subject is the struggle of sensitive, spirited heroines to find a place for themselves in a hostile world.Passingis the story of a light-skinned beauty who, after spending years passing for white, finds herself dangerously drawn to an old friend's Harlem neighborhood. InQuicksand, a restless young mulatto tries desperately to find a comfortable place in a world in which she sees herself as a perpetual outsider. Race and marriage offer few securities here or in the other stories in a collection that is compellingly readable, rich in psychological complexity, and imbued with a sense of place that brings Harlem vibrantly to life.

Author Biography

Nella Larsen (1891-1964) was the author of two novels, Quicksand and Passing, and several short stories. She received a Guggenheim fellowship to write a third novel in 1930 but, unable to find a publisher for it, she disappeared from the literary scene and worked as a nurse. Larsen died in New York City in 1964.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Marita Golden
Introduction	xi
Charles R. Larson
The Wrong Man	1	(10)
Freedom	11	(8)
Sanctuary	19	(10)
Quicksand	29	(134)
Passing	163	(114)
Encounter	169	(40)
Re-encounter	209	(34)
Finale	243	(34)
A Chronology	277
Nella Larsen