Passing

Author(s)

• Larsen, Nella
• Davis, Thadious M.

Bibliographic Information

Passing

Nella Larsen ; with an introduction and notes by Thadious M. Davis

（Penguin twentieth-century classics）

Penguin Books, 1997

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A classic, brilliant and layered novel that has been at the heart of racial identity discourse in America for almost a century. 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. A chance encounter forces both women to confront the lies they have told others - and the secret fears they have buried within themselves.

Table of Contents

Introduction Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text Part One: Encounter Part Two: Re-Encounter Part Three: Finale Explanatory Notes

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA37572821
• ISBN:
  • 0142437271
• LCCN: 97009482
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxv, 122 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3523.A7225
  • DC21 : 813/.52
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Passing (Identity) -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Race identity -- Fiction
  • FREE : Psychological fiction. lcsh
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07487461