Col on Nostr: James by Percival Everett is a radical reworking of Mark Twain’s Adventures of ...
James by Percival Everett
is a radical reworking of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn topping everyone’s book list this year. It retells the American classic from the perspective of Jim, the slave who accompanies Huck down the Mississippi River, making him a more cunning, resourceful and powerful character than in the original. Long under-appreciated, Everett is finally getting the respect he deserves, says the FT. “This is the work of an American master at the peak of his powers.”
is a radical reworking of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn topping everyone’s book list this year. It retells the American classic from the perspective of Jim, the slave who accompanies Huck down the Mississippi River, making him a more cunning, resourceful and powerful character than in the original. Long under-appreciated, Everett is finally getting the respect he deserves, says the FT. “This is the work of an American master at the peak of his powers.”