| Quicksand Contributor(s): Larsen, Nella (Author) |
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ISBN: 1891396994 ISBN-13: 9781891396991 Publisher: Martino Fine Books OUR PRICE: $5.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | African American - Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.45 lbs) 132 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2011 Reprint of 1928 Edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Nella Larsen's first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen's own early life. Crane is the lovely and refined daughter of a Danish mother and a West Indian black father who abandons Helga and her mother soon after Helga is born. Unable to feel comfortable with any of her white-skinned relatives, Helga lives in various places in America and visits Denmark in search of people among whom she feels at home. The work is a superb psychological study of a complicated and appealing woman, Helga Crane, who, like Larsen herself, is the product of a liaison between a black man and a white woman. In one sense, Quicksand might be called an odyssey; however, instead of overcoming a series of obstacles and finally arriving at her native land, Larsen's protagonist has a series of adventures, each of which ends in disappointment. |