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VOTED MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, THE SEATTLE TIMES, ELLE, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION AND OPRAH DAILY
the point of view of the enslaved Jim • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize finalist, whose Novel "Erasure" is the basis for Cord Jefferson's critically acclaimed film "American Fiction
". "If you liked Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, "Read James, by Percival Everett" - The Washington Post
When the enslaved Jim learns that he is to be sold to a man in New Orleans and forever separated from his wife and is separated from his daughter, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can. formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his abusive father, who has just returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, begins the dangerous and momentous raft journey down the Mississippi to the elusive and often unreliable promises of the
Free States and beyond.
While many narrative parts of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" remain (floods and storms, unexpected deaths and unexpected treasures at the countless stations along the riverbank, encounters with impostors posing as the Duke and Dauphin...) , Jim's Agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radical new light.
Packed with the electrifying humor and biting observations that have made Everett a "literary icon" (Oprah Daily) and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to become a major publishing event and a cornerstone of the 21st century . First Century American Literature.