{"product_id":"james-paperback","title":"James - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, action-packed reimagining of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. - From the \"cult literary icon\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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\u003eThe Adventures 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 \"cult 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePERCIVAL EVERETT's most recent books include \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award) \u003ci\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award), \u003ci\u003eTelephone \u003c\/i\u003e(finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eSo Much Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Sidney Poitier.\u003c\/i\u003e He has received the NBCC Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, and is a Distinguished Professor of English at USC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44333141393510,"sku":"9780593862735","price":38.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NS-5aN3bjR9780593862735.webp?v=1768413045","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/james-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}