Synopsis
As dramatized on Radio 4 and seen on Netflix, Nella Larsen’s Passing is a distinctive and revealing novel about racial identity, and a key text of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Details
25 June 2020160 pages
9781529040289Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
A fascinating inquiry into the nature of race (and a window into the Harlem Renaissance) catalyzed by a chance meeting between two childhood friends. A page-turning classic.Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach
A tragic story rooted in inescapable facts of American life . . . Passing is the work of a highly talented and thoughtful writerRichard Bernstein, The New York Times
Nella Larsen’s uncanny, tightly structured 1929 novel about Black female friendship, mirroring, deception, and class privilege.Hilton Als, New Yorker
A short, easy, engaging read . . . as much as it is a revealing cultural study of the 1920s, is also incredibly relevant today.Lexi Nisita, Refinery 29
