In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line

by George Hutchinson

Born to a Danish seamstress and a black West Indian cook in one of the Western Hemisphere's most infamous vice districts, Nella Larsen (1891-1964) lived her life in the shadows of America's racial divide. She wrote about that life, was briefly celebrated in her time, then was lost to later generations--only to be rediscovered and hailed by many as the best black novelist of her generation. In his search for Nella Larsen, the "mystery woman of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674021800
• ISBN13: 9780674021808
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.3"