{"product_id":"9781684112975","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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beta Nu Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037454156016,"sku":"9781684112975","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781684112975_p0.jpg?v=1763702620","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781684112975","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}