{"product_id":"quicksand-9781684112951","title":"Quicksand","description":"\u003cp\u003eNella 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"www.bnpublishing.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50430965350674,"sku":"9781684112951","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73f06549-e5f9-4239-9a1a-c9d27f8435e5.jpg?v=1729529561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/quicksand-9781684112951","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}