Nella Larsen\'s first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen\'s own early life.
The work is a superb psychological study o.
Unable to feel comfortable with any of her white-skinned relatives, Helga lives in various places in America and visits Denmark in search of people among whom she feels at home.
Crane is the lovely and refined daughter of a Danish mother and a West Indian black father who abandons Helga and her mother soon after Helga is born.
Nella Larsen\'s first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen\'s own early life