A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICK Nella Larsen's powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. A
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One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years 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 "pass" as a white woman. Clare'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 Clare's risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric gatherings together in Harlem, Clare's interest in Irene turns into a longing for Irene'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.
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Sobre o autor(a)
Larsen, Nella
Nella Larsen é uma das mais influentes escritoras da Renascença do Harlem. Natural de Chicago, foi para Nova York nos anos 1910, onde trabalhou como enfermeira e bibliotecária, casando-se em 1919 com o físico Elmer Imes, o segundo afro-americano da história dos Estados Unidos a receber um doutorado, de quem se separou em 1933. Publicou seu primeiro romance, Quicksand, em 1928, e Identidade no ano seguinte. Devido a problemas profissionais e pessoais, sua terceira obra não foi aceita para publicação, e, em 1930, ela parou de escrever. Larsen trabalhou como enfermeira em tempo integral até sua morte, em 1964. Ela não deixou herdeiros. |
| ISBN | 9780142437278 |
| Autor(a) | Larsen, Nella |
| Editora | Penguin Classics |
| Ano de edição | 2003 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |