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Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext - ungekürzt und unbearbeitet mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Die Buchgrundlage der erfolgreichen Verfilmung von 2021: Irene und Clare lassen nach langer Funkstille ihre Freundschaft wieder aufleben. Beide Frauen sind afro-amerikanischen Ursprungs, haben zugleich aber eine so helle Hautfarbe, dass sie in der weißen Gesellscha...

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VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES'She could neither conform nor be happy in her unconformity''Absolutely absorbing, fascinating and indispensable' Alice WalkerNella Larsen wrote two novels in her lifetime, both of which are collected here. The first, Quicksand, follows a mixed-race woman who runs from the fictional town of Naxos to Chicago to Harlem to Copenhagen. It becomes easy for her to leave behind places but the discrimination ...

Generally regarded as Nella Larsen's best work, Passing was first published in 1929 but has received a lot of renewed attention because of its close examination of racial and sexual ambiguities. It has achieved canonical status in many American universities. Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her pa...

A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICKNow a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, Nella Larsen's powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today.Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to "pass" as a white woman....

Now a major Netflix film starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and Alexander SkarsgårdChildhood friends Clare and Irene are both light-skinned enough to pass as white, but only one of them has chosen to cross the colour line and live with the secret hanging over her. Clare believes she had successfully cut herself off from any connection to her past. Married to a racist white man who is oblivious to her African-American heritage, it is vital to ...

Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing is hailed today as a significant literary work of Harlem Renaissance, though for several decades it, like all of her works, was out of print. As history rights a wrong and recommits Larsen's name to memory, it is beneficial to look at the other writings she published over her short career, collected here in Beyond Passing: The Further Writings of Nella Larsen. Contained within are her autobiographical novel Qu...

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Irene Redfield führt mit ihrem Mann und ihren Kindern ein zufriedenes, ruhiges Leben. Bis Clare, ihre Freundin aus Kindertagen, nach New York zieht. Beide Frauen sind trotz ihrer afroamerikanischen Wurzeln hellhäutig. Während Irene im blühenden Harlem der 1920er Jahre in der afroamerikanischen Gemeinde zu Hause ist, hat Clare die Seiten gewechselt: Sie lebt in der Welt der Weißen und ist mit einem reichen Rassisten verheiratet, der nichts von ...

Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity-the inspiration for the upcoming Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.This Signet Classics edition of Passing includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half.Irene Redfield is a Black woman living an affluent, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thriving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920...

In 1920s Harlem, Irene Redfield has a chance reunion with her childhood friend Clare Kendry. Irene is shocked to discover that Clare has been passing as white, sharing a young daughter with a venomously racist white husband. Each woman grows increasingly fascinated with the other's lifestyle, drawn deeper into an arrangement that moves from precarious to tragic.Written by Nella Larsen and published in 1929 during the heart of the Harlem Renais...

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Clare Kendry has severed all ties to her past. Elegant, fair-skinned and ambitious, she is married to a white man who is unaware of her African-American heritage. When she renews her acquaintance with her childhood friend Irene, who has not hidden her origins, both women are forced to reassess their marriages, the lies they have told - and to confront the secret fears they have buried within themselves. Nella Larsen's intense, taut and psychol...

First published in 1928, "Quicksand" is the first novel by American author Nella Larsen. It is the semi-autobiographical tale of a young, mixed race woman who struggles to find her place in the world. Like her main character, Helga Crane, Larsen was the daughter of a Danish white mother and a West Indian black father who disappeared from her life as a baby. Larsen and the fictional Crane never feel that they belong in either the white world or...

Reflecting her own life in 1920s Harlem, Nella Larsen's powerful and captivating novel explores issues of racial identity, female friendship and belonging. Irene Redfield, married to a successful physician, enjoys a comfortable life in the African-American community of Harlem, New York. But when she renews her friendship with old school friend Clare Kendry, her perfect world begins to fracture. Clare, who like Irene is light skinned, traded he...

Originally published in 1929, Passing tells the troublesome relationship between two African-American woman who are light enough to pass for white. Irene Redfield marries an African-American doctor and moves to Harlem. Clare Kendy, on the other hand, marries a bigoted white man -- never telling him of her true heritage. When the two women meet, after decades of separation, they impact each other lives in ways that neither would have imagined.

It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn't matter, if no one knew