Percival Everett: James
James
Buch
- A Novel
- Random House LLC US, 03/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780385550888
- Bestellnummer: 11887687
- Umfang: 302 Seiten
- Auflage: International
- Gewicht: 294 g
- Maße: 205 x 140 mm
- Stärke: 24 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 19.3.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime
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 “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.
Biografie
Percival Everett, geboren 1956 in Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA, ist Schriftsteller und Professor für Englisch an der University of Southern California. Wie nur wenige Autoren zeigt er eine große Genrebreite, so hat er u. a. eine Satire über das Verlagswesen, ein Kinderbuch, Kurzgeschichten, Nacherzählungen der griechischen Mythen über Medea und Dionysos sowie ein philosophisches Traktat aus der Sicht einer Vierjährigen geschrieben. Everett erhielt zahlreiche Preise darunter den PEN USA 2006 Literary Award und den Academy Award for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .![Percival Everett: James, Buch](https://media1.jpc.de/image/w468/front/0/9780385550888.jpg)
Percival Everett
James
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