James : a novel / Percival Everett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everett, Percival, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippi River--Fiction.

Mississippi River.

Missouri--Fiction.

Missouri.

Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Finn, Huckleberry.

Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character).

Fugitive slaves--Fiction.

Fugitive slaves.

Race relations--Fiction.

Race relations.

Male friendship--Fiction.

Male friendship.

Runaway children--Fiction.

Runaway children.

Genre:

Action and adventure fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Novels.

Action and adventure fiction

Fiction

Humorous fiction

Novels

Adventure fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

302 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2024]

Summary:

"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, 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 violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin...), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature"-- Provided by publisher.

"From Percival Everett--a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards--comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, 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 violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin...), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

American Book Awards - Winner, 2025

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Fiction, Winner, 2025

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copies: Green fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Related Work:

Based on: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Other Format:

Online version:

Everett, Percival. James

Online version: Everett, Percival. James

ISBN:

9780385550369

0385550367

9780593686867

0593686861

OCLC:

1385322570