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Passing (Hardcover)
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Passing (Hardcover)
Series: Penguin Vitae
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List price R723
Loot Price R505
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You Save R218 (30%)
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The powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of
racial identity that continues to resonate today, with an
introduction by Emily Bernard. A Penguin Vitae Edition Clare Kendry
is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she
is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American
heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to
pass as a white woman. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield,
just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African
American community, and is simultaneously allured and repelled by
Clare's risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal
and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric
gatherings together in Harlem, Clare's interest in Irene turns into
a homoerotic longing for Irene's black identity that she abandoned
and can never embrace again, and she is forced to grapple with her
decision to pass for white in a way that is both tragic and
telling. Penguin Classics launches a new hardcover series with five
American classics that are relevant and timeless in their power,
and part of a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and
nonfiction from almost seventy-five years of classics publishing.
Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics
that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new
readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration,
intellectual engagement, and creative originality.
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