James (Pulitzer Prize Winner) A Novel
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Erscheinungsdatum
19.03.2024
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
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990 KB
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Englisch
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9780385550376
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view • In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg
KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, LA Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, TIME, and more.
"Genius"-The Atlantic • "A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own."-Chicago Tribune • "A provocative, enlightening literary work of art."-The Boston Globe • "Everett's most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful."-The New York Times
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, LA Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, TIME, and more.
"Genius"-The Atlantic • "A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own."-Chicago Tribune • "A provocative, enlightening literary work of art."-The Boston Globe • "Everett's most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful."-The New York Times
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
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Worth reading
Irina B. am 28.04.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2478146
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
I've read the book in one setting, not because it's super short but because the story engaged me so much. It truly deserves to be shortlisted. More even: I would love the book to win The Booker Prize.
Everyone should read this
Änj aus München am 31.03.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2453749
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Everyone should read this, this book was amazing. From the story to the. writing this book was a 5/5.
I think this version of Huckleberry Finn should be the one that should be read in schools.
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