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Passing is a novel by American author Nella Larsen, first published in 1929. Set primarily in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the 1920s, the story centers on the reunion of two childhood friends—Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield—and their increasing fascination with each other's lives.
- Nella Larsen, Carla Kaplan
- 215
- 1929
- April 1929
4 de fev. de 2003 · A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICKNella Larsen's powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. A New York Times Editors’ Choice. Now a major...
- Emily Bernard, Thadious M. Davis
- Nella Larsen
- reprint
Passing contains elements of the roman à clef, for Larsen, the daughter of a white mother and Black father, was deeply interested in questions of racial identity. At its most obvious, the novel offers a satire of the mores, pretensions, and ambitions of the Harlem Renaissance.
- Nicky Marsh
10 de nov. de 2021 · Passing, by Nella Larsen. Signet Classics. Editor's note: This essay references a book whose title contains a racial slur. The one thing most people know about Nella Larsen's...
28 de mai. de 2002 · Passing. Nella Larsen. Random House Publishing Group, May 28, 2002 - Fiction - 192 pages.
- Nella Larsen
- reprint, annotated
- Kaitlyn Greenidge
- PassingModern Library Torchbearers
Overview. First published in 1929, Nella Larsen’s Passing is a classic novel of the Harlem Renaissance. Named for the practice of racial passing, or escaping discrimination by claiming to be white, Larsen’s second novel explores the intricacies of identity in race-obsessed twentieth-century America.
A classic novel about a Black woman who passes for white and reconnects with her childhood friend in Harlem. Read the introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, and see the ratings and reviews from other readers.
