Passing (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142437271 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Davis.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Nella Larsen's remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. 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&r
Pretty good S Cox I read quite a bit, being a literature major, but there were definitely some plot twists I didn't see coming. Overall, very well written, touches certain subjects (such as race, gender, family dynamics) in an interesting but tasteful manner. I don't mean to say that it's cookie cutter or doesn't properly touch on the subjects, rather it touches on the subject while doing an honest job of it. It doesn't touch on these subjects in order to grab your attention or keep you in the book, it does it in a natural way.. Great David L. Simpson Really amazing literary work.I bought this edition for a college class (American Literature) per request of the professor. The story itself is wonderful and very entertaining. The added bonus of the critical materials really help the reader understand the social atmosphere of the time period.. Drat gail massey Do not want to do thid review can't seem to get out of this screen to get back to my books. What the heck is going on. Why force me to de a review?
But I declare she's getting darker and darker." As Larsen makes clear, Passing can also mean dying, and Clare is in peril of losing her identity and her life. --Tim Appelo. Irene fears losing her black husband to Clare, who seems increasingly predatory. Clare's father had been born "on the left hand"--he was the product of a legal marriage between a white man and a black woman and therefore cut off from his inheritance. Yet one woman in the tea room, "fair and golden, like a sunlit day," keeps staring at her, and eventually introduces herself as Irene's childhood friend Clare, who left their hometown 12 years before when her father died. But underneath, it seethes with rage, guilt, sex, and complex deceptions. Even Clare's violent white husband is in t