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A review by kris_mccracken
Passing by Nella Larsen
4.0
A fantastic novel that for some reason really hasn't received its appropriate dues. Beautifully evocative of its time the US in the mid- to late- 1920s, and set among the milieu of upwardly mobile African American society.
Exploring race, gender, sexuality and class with an honesty and sensitivity that must have been truly shocking to a contemporary reader, this book has aged exceptionally well. I understand that some people really don't like the abrupt ending, but I thought it appropriately shocking.
I'd recommend this most highly.
Exploring race, gender, sexuality and class with an honesty and sensitivity that must have been truly shocking to a contemporary reader, this book has aged exceptionally well. I understand that some people really don't like the abrupt ending, but I thought it appropriately shocking.
I'd recommend this most highly.