false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172692293m/208063.jpg 208063 5 Nella Larsen's Quicksand, first published in 1928, was the first novel to give voice to the sexual desires of a black woman. Helga Crane, the book's main protagonist, is frapped in the conflict between sexual fulfilment and middle-class respectability and a conflict of race and sex which even a religous conversion cannot resolve. Passing (1929) tackles the sensitive issue of black people who 'pass' for white. It also explores the desire of one woman for another - a new and daring theme for the writing of the time. 201386 27 4 1986 Quicksand and Passing (American Women Writers Series) total:513|5:141|4:197|3:135|2:33|1:7| 513 1971 673 35 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:58:40 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:58:58 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 05:59:49 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 14:18:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 27 13:17:29 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 01 20:58:07 -0800 2008 Passing is a story of deception and hidden things. The title refers most obviously to the narrative of racial passing that moves the plot along. Clare is a black woman passing as white; she has even married a white man under the pretenses of being white. The narrative begins with the reintroducti...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 12:24:25 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 12:27:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 19 21:22:47 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 21:25:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:34:40 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 20:06:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 22:02:37 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 22:05:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:04:53 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:06:10 -0800 2008 6 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:39:38 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 21:40:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 15:06:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 15:07:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:36:42 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:37:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 19 07:43:10 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 07:43:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 16 21:35:23 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:35:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 29 12:13:09 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 06 23:26:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 14 08:07:17 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 08:11:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 23 19:31:18 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 19:37:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Feb 26 11:12:42 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 11:15:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 10:32:57 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 12 16:08:57 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 10:32:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 02 17:48:57 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 17:51:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 16 21:28:54 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 21:30:41 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=208063