Passing / Nella Larsen ; introduction by Ntozake Shange ; critical foreword and notes by Mae Henderson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Larsen, Nella.

Contributor:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Modern Library classics
• The Modern Library classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African American women--Fiction.
• African American women.
• Human skin color.
• Multiracial people--Fiction.
• Multiracial people.
• Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
• Identity (Psychology).
• Passing (Identity)--Fiction.
• Passing (Identity).
• Female friendship--Fiction.
• Female friendship.
• Human skin color--Fiction.
• New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
• National Book Committee.
• Married women--Fiction.
• Married women.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Psychological fiction.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

lxxxv, 206 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

2002 Modern Library paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Library, 2002.

Summary:

A light-skinned African American woman is married to a white man who is ignorant of her racial heritage. Her childhood friend, equally capable of "passing," has chosen to live her life as a black woman and deny the existence of racism. A chance meeting forces both women to confront truths about themselves.

Contents:

• Introduction by Ntozake Shange
• Critical Foreward by Mae Henderson
• Passing
• Encounter
• Re-encounter
• Finale
• Notes
• Reading Group Guide.

ISBN:

• 0375758135
• 9780375758133
• 0606288368
• 9780606288361

OCLC:

47225175

Online:

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description