Passing
Author: Larsen, Nella
ISBN: 9780142437278
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 04 Feb 2003
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICKPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Nella LarsenP#39;s powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. A Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; EditorsP#8217; Choice.P#160;Now a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson and Alexander SkarsgP#229;rdPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; 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 P#8220;passP#8221; as a white woman. ClareP#8217;s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, and is simultaneously allured and repelled by ClareP#8217;s risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric gatherings together in Harlem, ClareP#8217;s interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for IreneP#8217;s black identity that she abandoned and can never embrace again, and she is forced to grapple with her decision to pass for white in a way that is both tragic and telling. This edition features a new introduction by Emily Bernard and notes by Thadious M. Davis.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700P#160;titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theP#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateP#160;translations by award-winning translators.
ISBN: 9780142437278
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 04 Feb 2003
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICKPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Nella LarsenP#39;s powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. A Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; EditorsP#8217; Choice.P#160;Now a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson and Alexander SkarsgP#229;rdPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; 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 P#8220;passP#8221; as a white woman. ClareP#8217;s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, and is simultaneously allured and repelled by ClareP#8217;s risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric gatherings together in Harlem, ClareP#8217;s interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for IreneP#8217;s black identity that she abandoned and can never embrace again, and she is forced to grapple with her decision to pass for white in a way that is both tragic and telling. This edition features a new introduction by Emily Bernard and notes by Thadious M. Davis.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700P#160;titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theP#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateP#160;translations by award-winning translators.
