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The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories by Nella Larsen
4.0
This book was extremely well written and thought provoking. The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the endings were kind of unsatisfying. I assume that was a literary choice given the subject matter, and the fact racial issues don't often have a satisfying ending for African Americans. Nevertheless I found the ending of Passing specifically to be confusing. I couldn't quite grasp what message Larson wanted to communicate with the ambiguity of Clare's death. In QUicksnad, I thought the ambiguity of the ending was well done, and perfectly ended the sadness of Irene's displacement and struggle.