✨ Featured Offer
Overview
Nella Larsen'sfascinating exploration of race and identity-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.
Irene 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 past-even hiding the truth from her racist husband.
Clare finds herself drawn to Irene'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 herself-and her deception-into every part of Irene's stable existence. First published in 1929, Larsen's brilliant examination of the various ways in which we all seek to "pass," is as timely as ever.
This Signet Classics edition of Passing includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half.
Irene 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 past-even hiding the truth from her racist husband.
Clare finds herself drawn to Irene'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 herself-and her deception-into every part of Irene's stable existence. First published in 1929, Larsen's brilliant examination of the various ways in which we all seek to "pass," is as timely as ever.
| ISBN-13 | 9780593437841 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0593437845 |
| Weight | 0.20 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.00 x 0.75 x 6.50 In |
| List Price | $5.95 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | - |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 176 pages |
| Publisher | Signet |
| Published On | 2021-07-06 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
Used, Good
Seller details
Goodwill of Greater Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Book is considered to be in good or better condition. The actual cover image may not match the sto...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Hawking Books
Edgewood, TX, USA
Very Good Condition. Clean, tight and Neat.
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
✨ Brand New
Seller details
Red's Corner
Tucker, GA, USA
All orders ship by next business day! This is a new book. We are a small company and very thankful f...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Brand New
Seller details
Red's Corner
Tucker, GA, USA
All orders ship by next business day! This is a new book. We are a small company and very thankful f...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Brand New
Seller details
Red's Corner
Tucker, GA, USA
All orders ship by next business day! This is a new book. We are a small company and very thankful f...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Brand New
Seller details
Bookstores.com
Free delivery by: 01 Apr 2026