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Quicksand by Nella Larsen
βAs the days multiplied, her need of something, something vaguely familiar, but which she could not put a name to and hold for definite examination, became almost intolerable.β re-read:Larsen excels at disquiet atmosphere. The unease is positively palpable here. Larsen’s presents her readers with an unstinting character study of a deeply alienated woman whose estrangement…
1920s, 20th century, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, ambivalent mood, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, american classics, Black & Black heritage authors, Chicago, CLASSICS, cold tone, cultural dissonance, Denmark, ennui, female authors, Harlem, harlem renaissance, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, introspective, loneliness, Nella Larsen, NEW YORK, otherness, psychological, published in 1928, Quicksand, RACE, re-reads, read in 2021, read in 2022, the female malaise, travel
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