Nella LarsenBesprekingen

These three short stories were the only pieces of fiction Nella Larsen wrote next to her two beautiful novels Quicksand and Passing.

It’s a shame she stopped writing in the 1930’s, after false accusations of plagiarism, because like her novels these stories are three little gems. Two are about former lovers’ foolish acts of despair, of which the first bears an echo of her novel Passing.

The third story, “Sanctuary”, deals with the ultimate loyalty to one’s community and contains in all its shortness an unforgettable plot twist.