Quicksand
by Nella Larsen
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Born to an indifferent white mother and an absent black father, and scorned for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different. Moving to Harlem and eventually to Denmark, she attempts to carve out a comfortable life and place for herself, but ends up back where she started, choosing emotional freedom that quickly translates into a narrow existence.
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African americans, fiction, Young women, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Copenhagen (denmark), fiction, Fiction, general, African American women, Danish American women, Fiction, Racially mixed people, Young women, open_syllabus_project, American fiction, Fiction, african american & black, general, Denmark, fiction, African Americans, Quicksand (Larsen, Nella), Fiction, coming of ageShowing 4 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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Brave, bold, and brilliant, Larsen's autobiographical portrait of a biracial woman's quest for self-identity and acceptance offers a cautionary tale of an individual lost between two cultures.
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