{"product_id":"quicksand-9781891396991","title":"Quicksand","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nella Larsen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2011 Reprint of 1928 Edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Nella Larsen's first novel tells the story of Helga Crane, a fictional character loosely based on Larsen's own early life. 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. 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. The work is a superb psychological study of a complicated and appealing woman, Helga Crane, who, like Larsen herself, is the product of a liaison between a black man and a white woman. In one sense, Quicksand might be called an odyssey; however, instead of overcoming a series of obstacles and finally arriving at her native land, Larsen's protagonist has a series of adventures, each of which ends in disappointment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47602681577623,"sku":"9781891396991","price":686.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781891396991.webp?v=1775012375","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/quicksand-9781891396991","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}