Description Published in 1928, Nella Larsen\'s first novel "Quicksand" regards the story of Helga Crane, the lovely and refined mixed-race daughter of a Danish mOther and a West Indian black father.
In Larsen\'s second novel, "Passing," published in 1929, the author revisits this struggle through the lives of two childho.
The character is loosely based on Larsen\'s own experiences and deals with the character\'s struggle for racial and sexual identity, a theme common to Larsen\'s work.
Description Published in 1928, Nella Larsen\'s first novel "Quicksand" regards the story of Helga Crane, the lovely and refined mixed-race daughter of a Danish mOther and a West Indian black father