Passing / Nella Larsen ; introduction and suggestions for further reading by Emily Bernard ; notes by Thadious M. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, Nella, author.

Contributor:

Bernard, Emily, 1967- writer of introduction.

Davis, Thadious M., 1944- contributor.

Series:

Penguin 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.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Married women--Fiction.

Married women.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xxx, 128 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.

Summary:

"Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past. Clare s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, but refuses to acknowledge the racism that continues to constrict her family s happiness."--Provided by publisher

Two light-skinned African American women try to pass for white to escape racism, and Clare Kendry cuts her ties to the past and to Irene Redfield, ignoring the fact that that racism exists. -- Novelist.

Notes:

"This edition published 2020"--Title page verso.

"First published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1929. Edition with an introduction and notes by Thadious M. Davis published in Penguin Books 1997. Previous edition ith an introduction by Emily Bernard published in Penguin Books 2018."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780143129424

0143129422

OCLC:

1141858982

Publisher Number:

99984227551