Quicksand (Bedford College Editions) - Softcover

Larsen, Nella

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1457646021 ISBN 13: 9781457646027

Verlag: Bedford/st Martins, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Seen as one of the most significant novels of the Harlem Renaissance,this lightly-annotated edition of Quicksand by Nella Larsen is accompanied by additional resources to make the text more accessible.  The story follows a mixed-race woman’s travels as she seeks fulfillment in a racially and sexually treacherous world.

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2011 Reprint of 1928 Edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Nella Larsen's first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen's own early life. Crane is the lovely and refined daughter of a Danish mother and a West Indian black father who abandons Helga and her mother soon after Helga is born. Unable to feel comfortable with any of her white-skinned relatives, Helga lives in various places in America and visits Denmark in search of people among whom she feels at home. The work is a superb psychological study of a complicated and appealing woman, Helga Crane, who, like Larsen herself, is the product of a liaison between a black man and a white woman. In one sense, Quicksand might be called an odyssey; however, instead of overcoming a series of obstacles and finally arriving at her native land, Larsen's protagonist has a series of adventures, each of which ends in disappointment.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bedford/st Martins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1457646021
• ISBN 13: 9781457646027
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 150
• Herausgeber: Fulton Doveanna S.
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• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar