James : a novel (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection)
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Colorado State Library Resources - STAFF RETRIEVALFOR LIBRARY USE ONLYTHESE COPIES ARE LOANED TO LIBRARIES FOR BOOK CLUB USE ONLY. Checked OutNovember 25, 2024

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Local Library Checkout Only
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8 books in one bag 302 pages : 22 cm. AUDIOBOOK AVAILABLE FROM COLORADO TALKING BOOK LIBRARY
Street Date
2403
Language
English

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BOOKS LOANED TO LIBRARIES FOR BOOK CLUB USE ONLY! Sponsored by the Colorado State Library Book Club Project.
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"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When 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. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 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. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature"--,Provided by publisher.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Everett, P., & Twain, M. (2024). James: a novel (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) . Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Everett, Percival and Mark Twain. 2024. James: A Novel (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection). Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Everett, Percival and Mark Twain. James: A Novel (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) Doubleday, 2024.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Everett, Percival,, and Mark Twain. James: A Novel (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection) Doubleday, 2024.

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