{"product_id":"passing-9781515432418","title":"Passing","description":"\u003cb\u003eRestless Classics presents an undersung gem of the Harlem \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenaissance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Nella Larsen's \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e, a captivating and prescient exploration of identity, sexuality, belonging, self-invention, and race set amidst the pealing boisterousness of the Jazz Age.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen childhood friends Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield come across each other at a white-only restaurant, Irene learns her estranged friend has severed all ties to their African American community and is now married to a bigoted white man unaware of her heritage. Swinging between allure and repulsion, their revived relationship becomes a stage upon which questions of identity, sexuality, belonging, and self-invention play out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbrim with stifled desires, Nella Larsen's searing portrait of these women's inner cadences straddles the edges of things--communities, identities, races, and speech--and ultimately lands somewhere absolute and subversive: a place that defies categorization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larsen, Nella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781515432418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.31d","brand":"Nella Larsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749120323659,"sku":"9781515432418","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_d655aa4f-8b1f-4b2a-967a-15bffa9fecc9.jpg?v=1597781614","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/passing-9781515432418","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}