Quicksand
Nella Larsen
Bok · Engelsk · 2015 · Romaner
| Utgitt | [S.l.] : BN Publishing , cop. 2015
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| Omfang | 125 s.
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| Opplysninger | Nella Larsen's first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen's own early life. Crane is the lovely and refined daughter of a Danish mother and a West Indian black father who abandons Helga and her mother soon after Helga is born. Unable to feel comfortable with any of her white-skinned relatives, Helga lives in various places in America and visits Denmark in search of people among whom she feels at home. The work is a superb psychological study of a complicated and appealing woman, Helga Crane, who, like Larsen herself, is the product of a liaison between a black man and a white woman. In one sense, Quicksand might be called an odyssey; however, instead of overcoming a series of obstacles and finally arriving at her native land, Larsen's protagonist has a series of adventures, each of which ends in disappointment.
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| ISBN | 978-1-68411-297-5
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| Hylleplass | 82 LAR
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