Passing
Nella Larsen, Matthew Hodgson, Tamar Mishmar • Penguin Books • ISBN-13 978‑0142437278
Passing
Nella Larsen, Matthew Hodgson, Tamar Mishmar • Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0142437271 · ISBN-13: 978‑0142437278 · 2003
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This 2003 Penguin Classics edition of Nella Larsen’s seminal 1929 novel offers a profound exploration of racial identity and social performance in 1920s Harlem. The text examines the complex psychological tensions between two childhood friends whose lives diverge along the precarious lines of racial passing.
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