![]() ![]() The novels' greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. "A tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity."- Women's Studies International Forum Quicksand and Passing are slender novels with huge themes." - Sarah Waters ![]() "Larsen's heroines are complex, restless, figures, whose hungers and frustrations will haunt every sensitive reader. "A hugely influential and insighful writer." - The New York Times One can enjoy it with delight and share it without guilt." -Maya Angelou "Discovering Nella Larsen is like finding lost money with no name on it. They 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."-Alice Walker " Quicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. ![]()
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