Passing
By Nella Larsen
(Dover Publications, Paperback, 9780486437132, 94pp.)
Publication Date: October 2004
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Categories: Classics
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Description
Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in society, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence -- until a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been "passing for white."
Wednesday, Apr 7, 2010
Writer Heidi Durrow says she has read Nella Larsen's Passing more than a dozen times. The 1929 novel tells the story of two light-skinned, African-American women — childhood friends who are reconnected after leading drastically different lives. Durrow says Larsen demands that her readers transcend society's assigned labels. More at NPR.org
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