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Overview
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. Though her beauty and education open many doors, as a biracial woman in 1920s America, Helga is accepted by neither the Black nor the white communities--instead remaining an object of curiosity and an outsider wherever she goes. Her furious quest for belonging will take her from Chicago to New York to Denmark: a journey rife with autobiographical parallels to Larsen's own life. With its astonishingly contemporary take on identity and an angry, rebellious heroine, Quicksand is a classic novel ripe for rediscovery.
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- ISBN-13: 9781454953111
- ISBN-10: 145495311X
- Publisher: Union Square & Co.
- Publish Date: September 2024
- Dimensions: 7.95 x 5.2 x 0.47 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 160
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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