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Join us for an engaging discussion of James, an instant New York Times bestseller and a reimagining of the classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This action-packed novel, both harrowing and darkly humorous, is told from the perspective of the enslaved Jim.Synopsis:
When 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. This sets the stage for their dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive promise of the Free States and beyond.
While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place, 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 literary icon, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.
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