Passing(1st Edition)

Authors:

Nella Larsen ,Brit Bennett

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ISBN: 0593437845, 978-0593437841

Book publisher: Signet

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Book Price $0 : Nella Larsenâ??s fascinating Exploration Of Race And Identityâ??the Inspiration For The Netflix Film Directed By Rebecca Hall, Starring Tessa Thompson And Ruth Negga.This Signet Classics Edition Of Passing Includes An Introduction By Brit Bennett, The Bestselling Author Of The Vanishing Half.One Of The Atlanticâ??s Great American Novels Of The Past 100 YearsIrene Redfield Is A Black Woman Living An Affluent, Comfortable Life With Her Husband And Children In The Thriving Neighborhood Of Harlem In The 1920s. When She Reconnects With Her Childhood Friend Clare Kendry, Who Is Similarly Light-skinned, Irene Discovers That Clare Has Been Passing For A White Woman After Severing Ties To Her Pastâ??even Hiding The Truth From Her Racist Husband.   Clare Finds Herself Drawn To Ireneâ??s Sense Of Ease And Security With Her Black Identity And Longs For The Community (and, Increasingly, The Woman) She Lost. Irene Is Both Riveted And Repulsed By Clare And Her Dangerous Secret, As Clare Begins To Insert Herselfâ??and Her Deceptionâ??into Every Part Of Ireneâ??s Stable Existence. First Published In 1929, Larsenâ??s Brilliant Examination Of The Various Ways In Which We All Seek To â??pass,â?  is As Timely As Ever.