Quicksand & Passing

Product guide for Quicksand & Passing. "Quicksand" (1928) is the first novel to give a voice to the sexual desires of a black woman Helga Crane, the book's protagonist, is trapped in the conflict between an active and a passive sexual behaviour, Quicksand & Passing between sexual fufilment and middle-class respectability Conflicts of race and sex even a religious conversion cannot resolve ... Learn more »

Quicksand & Passing Review: Quicksand & Passing. Quicksand and Passing are two incredible novellas from an under-taught and under-valued writer, Nella Larsen. I encourage everyone to read this book. HOWEVER this edition by Wilder Press is terrible. If you are a student, teacher, or someone who cares about the quality of your books, I advise AGAINST this copy. It has random paragraph breaks in the middle of sentences, multiple typos, and absolutely no extra-textual information - no introduction, no information on how the text was edited - nothing. Most importantly, it omits the epigraph - a section ... Read more »

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