Passing (Penguin Classics)
Book Details
Author(s)Nella Larsen
PublisherPenguin Classics
ISBN / ASIN0142437271
ISBN-139780142437278
AvailabilityUsually dispatched within 24 hours
Sales Rank796,032
CategoryFiction
MarketplaceIndia 🇮🇳
Description
Nella Larsen's remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries
Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past. Clare s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, but refuses to acknowledge the racism that continues to constrict her family s happiness. A chance encounter forces both women to confront the lies they have told others and the secret fears they have buried within themselves. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Larsen biographer Thadious M. Davis.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past. Clare s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, but refuses to acknowledge the racism that continues to constrict her family s happiness. A chance encounter forces both women to confront the lies they have told others and the secret fears they have buried within themselves. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Larsen biographer Thadious M. Davis.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.


