{"product_id":"james-9780385550369","title":"James","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, THE SEATTLE TIMES, ELLE, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, AND OPRAH DAILY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant, action-packed reimagining of \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view - From the \"literary icon\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e is the basis for Cord Jefferson's critically acclaimed film \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eIf you liked \u003ci\u003eDemon Copperhead, \u003c\/i\u003e by Barbara Kingsolver, read J\u003ci\u003eames, \u003c\/i\u003e by Percival Everett\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile many narrative set pieces of \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a \"literary icon\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, \u003ci\u003eJames \u003c\/i\u003eis destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Percival Everett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385550369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePERCIVAL EVERETT is a Distinguished Professor of English at USC. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN\/ Jean Stein Book Award), \u003ci\u003e The Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction), \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eSo Much Blue, Erasure, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Sidney Poitier.\u003c\/i\u003e He has received the NBCC Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award and The Windham Campbell Prize from Yale University. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, the feature film based on his novel \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2023. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna, and their children\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974790607062,"sku":"9780385550369","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/products\/img_f5f017a1-6e27-4b64-9bd2-6cedb50dd768.jpg?v=1707831757","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/james-9780385550369","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}