ARGONAUT BOOKS

'Quicksand', from 1928, was the first novel expressing the sexual desires of a black woman in conflict between sexual fulfilment and middle-class respectability. Passing tackles themes of both black people who pass for white, and desire between women.

Reviews
A beloved novel from the Harlem Renaissance that follows the fraught relationship between two childhood friends, one who passes for white and one who chooses not to
Brit Bennett

'Absolutely absorbing, fascinating and indispensable'
Alice Walker

'Buy the book' W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois