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Mar 19, 2024 · Set sometime between 1861 and 1865– the Civil War is tangentially mentioned as going on—, James by Percival Everett takes its title from the character who accompanies Huck Finn through his travel.
Mar 19, 2024 · James. Percival Everett. 4.57. 24,721 ratings3,860 reviews. A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
Mar 11, 2024 · Percival Everett’s majestic new novel, “James,” goes several steps further. Everett flips the perspective on the events in “Huckleberry Finn.” He gives us the story as a coolly electric...
Mar 19, 2024 · by Percival Everett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.7 5,636 ratings. See all formats and editions. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
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Mar 19, 2024 · A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. • From the “cult literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime.
Jun 2, 2024 · James is a novel by author Percival Everett published by Doubleday in 2024. The novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave.
“Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and James is a canon-shatteringly great book. Unforgiving and compassionate, beautiful and brutal, a tragedy and a farce, this brilliant novel rewrites literary history to let us hear the voices it has long suppressed.”
Apr 11, 2024 · James is funny and horrifying, brilliant and riveting. In telling the story of Jim instead of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett delivers a powerful, necessary corrective to both literature and history.
Mar 19, 2024 · Percival Everett's retelling of Mark Twain's 1885 classic focuses on Huck's enslaved companion. James is a tale so inspired, you won't be able to imagine reading the original without it.
Apr 10, 2024 · Book review, full book summary and synopsis for James by Percival Everett, a retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim.
