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The intellectual merits of this book far outweigh the narrative merits. I appreciated the investigation of racial passing and intersectionality, but the characters felt at a distance and I never really got into the actual story by the time it was over.
The intellectual merits of this book far outweigh the narrative merits. I appreciated the investigation of racial passing and intersectionality, but the characters felt at a distance and I never really got into the actual story by the time it was over.
I read a tiny book. Only 120 pages. But boy, those 120 pages packed a wallop.
Passing, by Nella Larsen was written and published in the late 1920s. But it could easily have been written today, almost 100 years later. And that’s pretty sad, considering what it’s about.
Irene and Clare were friends as girls, but they haven’t seen each other in 12 years when their paths cross on the rooftop bar of a fancy hotel in Chicago, one hot summer day. Both are light-skinned Black woman. On this day, Irene has ...more
Passing, by Nella Larsen was written and published in the late 1920s. But it could easily have been written today, almost 100 years later. And that’s pretty sad, considering what it’s about.
Irene and Clare were friends as girls, but they haven’t seen each other in 12 years when their paths cross on the rooftop bar of a fancy hotel in Chicago, one hot summer day. Both are light-skinned Black woman. On this day, Irene has ...more
