Introducing Little Clothbound Classics irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna from haunted New England to a sundrenched Mediterranean island and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed these collectible editions are bound in colourful tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Clare Kendry elegant fairskinned and ambitious is married to a white man who is unaware of her AfricanAmerican heritage. When she reunites with childhood friend Irene who has not hidden her origins both women are forced to confront the secret fears they have buried within themselves. A taut exploration of race and gender Passing is one of the Harlem Renaissances greatest works.A tragic story rooted in inescapable facts of American life The New York Times