{"product_id":"larsen-nella-quicksand-9781891396991","title":"Quicksand","description":"2011 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.","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53236687896918,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781891396991_1_e79151fc-9ca7-4c2e-9cce-35b8edf3a20f.jpg?v=1777747051","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/larsen-nella-quicksand-9781891396991","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}