Quicksand

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Nella Larsen's powerful first novel evocatively portrays the racial and gender restrictions that can mark a life

Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different. Moving to Harlem and eventually to Denmark, she attempts to carve out a comfortable life and place for herself, but ends up back where she started, choosing emotional freedom that quickly translates into a narrow existence.

Nella Larsen's powerful first novel has intriguing autobiographical parallels and at the same time invokes the international dimension of African American culture in the 1920s. Slow, moving and reflective, Quicksand is a detailed and evocative portrayal of a biracial woman's inner life.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241652657
Published: April 2024

Number of pages: 160
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 8 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd