Quicksand

Nella Larsen, Thadious M. Davis, Thadious M. Davis , Thadious M. Davis

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Penguin Random House Australia
29 January 2002

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: general; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

The orphan of a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane is a young woman caught between cultures and in search of a home.

By: Nella Larsen
Notes by: Thadious M. Davis
Introduction by: Thadious M. Davis
Edited by: Thadious M. Davis
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 159g
ISBN: 9780141181271
ISBN 10: 0141181273
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 29 January 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nella Larsen (1891-1964) was the author of two novels and several short stories. She received a Guggenheim fellowship to write a third novel in 1930 but, unable to find a publisher for it, she disappeared from the literary scene and worked as a nurse. Thadious M. Davisis the G. C. Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, the author of an acclaimed biography of Nella Larsen, and the editor of Larsen's Quicksandfor Penguin Classics.

Reviews for Quicksand

"""Fine, thoughtful and courageous. It is, on the whole, the best piece of fiction that Negro America has produced since the heyday of [Charles] Chesnutt."" W. E. B. Du Bois"