{"product_id":"passing-nella-larsen-9780486437132","title":"Passing","description":"\"Absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable.\" -- Alice Walker\u003cbr\u003e\"A work so fine, sensitive, and distinguished that it rises above race categories and becomes that rare object, a good novel.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Review of Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMarried to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in Harlem's vibrant society of the 1920s, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence-until she is shaken out of it by a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been \"passing for white.\" An important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen was the first African-American woman to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Her fictional portraits of women seeking their identities through a fog of racial confusion were informed by her own Danish-West Indian parentage, and \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e offers fascinating psychological insights into issues of race and gender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nella Larsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486437132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486437132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.64h x 5.52w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e60413 \/ Passing\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nella Larsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055145644287,"sku":"9780486437132","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5add8aeb-1914-492c-b34e-5ae7d23040fb.jpg?v=1685034051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/passing-nella-larsen-9780486437132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}