'The overlooked American writer who blows apart modern thinking on race' Telegraph Born to a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself as a mixed-race woman in the Deep South of 1920's America. She moves to Harlem and then to Copenhagen in her search for a sense of belonging and acceptance, but wherever she goes, she cannot escape the perceptions and prejudices of others. One of the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen's semi-autobiographical first novel is a ...
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'The overlooked American writer who blows apart modern thinking on race' Telegraph Born to a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself as a mixed-race woman in the Deep South of 1920's America. She moves to Harlem and then to Copenhagen in her search for a sense of belonging and acceptance, but wherever she goes, she cannot escape the perceptions and prejudices of others. One of the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen's semi-autobiographical first novel is a powerful portrayal of one woman's fractured inner life.
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If readers read Nella Larsen's "Passing" and enjoyed it, they will definitely have a similar opinion about Larsen's "Quicksand". To summarize, it is a woman's pilgrimage of self-discovery within herself and within her race, and to find where "home" truly is. You can easily connect to the main character and empathize with her as well. At certain moments, you want to ask, "What is it that you want? Where is home?" But Helga Crane is already asking herself this question. It is a humanistic story and written with excellence. It does not fall underneath the stereotypical "tragic mulatto" tales, because this book exceeds this concept because of its quality.
