Quicksand ; and, Passing

Title Quicksand ; and, Passing
Names Larsen, Nella.
McDowell, Deborah E.
McDowell, Deborah E., 1951-
Book Number DB040702
Title Status Download Only
Medium Digital Book
Annotation Two novels about women in Harlem in the 1920s. Quicksand (1928) features Helga Crane, a sophisticated young woman of mixed lineage who moves between the white and black world and eventually entraps herself in marriage to a backwoods southern preacher. And in Passing (1929), Irene Redfield has a secret desire to banish her friend Clare Kendry, an African American passing for white, from her circle.
Narrator Miles, Robin.
Series American women writers series
Audience Notes Female narrator. NLS/BPH
Local Subject Historical fiction - HIF
General Fiction, Adult - GFI
LC Subject African Americans - New York (State) - Harlem - Fiction
African American women - Fiction
American fiction - 20th century
Call Number 813.52 AFI
Language English
Released 1986
Publication Info New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press 1986 (AFB, recording studio).
Original Publication Reproduced from: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1986.
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