The release date for the English version of 'Passing' by
Nella Larsen is Jul 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The interesting examination of race and identity by Nella Larsen served as the basis for Rebecca Hall's forthcoming Netflix feature, which stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.
Brit Bennett, the best-selling author of The Vanishing Half, has written an Introduction for this Signet Classics version of Passing.
During the 1920s, Irene Redfield, a Black lady, had a pleasant and prosperous life in the booming district of Harlem with her husband and children. Irene finds out that Clare Kendry, her light-skinned childhood friend, has been passing for a white lady after breaking links to her past and even keeping the truth from her racist husband. Clare and Irene reunited.
Clare yearns for the community (and, more and more, the lady) she lost and is attracted to Irene's comfort and feeling of security with her Black identity. Clare and her sinister secret captivate and repel Irene in equal measure as she starts to permeate every aspect of Irene's secure life with herself and her deceit. Larsen's insightful analysis of the many ways that we all attempt to "pass," which was first published in 1929, is still relevant today.