Larsen, Nella

Quicksand ; &, Passing / Nella Larsen. - London : Serpent's Tail, 2014. - 256 pages ; 20 cm

Originally published: 1989.

'Quicksand', from 1928, was the first novel expressing the sexual desires of a black woman in conflict between sexual fulfilment and middle-class respectability. 'Passing' tackles themes of both black people who pass for white, and desire between women.

9781846687853 (pbk.) : �8.99 �8.99


African American women--History--20th century--Fiction.
African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964--Fiction.


Classics.

PS3523.A7225

813.52