BBC8 个月
Percival Everett: Why I rewrote Huckleberry Finn to give slave Jim a voice
Macmillan James, inspired by Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, gives a voice to its escaped slave, Jim The hero of his new novel is - famously - the runaway slave Jim, in Mark Twain ...
Meet the American who served as the model for Huck Finn, 'kindly young heathen' Tom Blankenship
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" enjoys acclaim as ... RAILROAD ENGINEER LIFTED SKIING TO NEW HEIGHTS Huck Finn, however, ...
The i on MSN8 个月
James by Percival Everett review: Corrects the crimes of Huckleberry Finn
His new novel, James, is a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic but controversial The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the ...
Percival Everett, 2024 National Book Award winner, rereads one book often
The following Q&A, which has been edited for length and clarity, is from our March interview with the author, published here ...
The Grio23 天
Percival Everett wins a National Book Award for the Huckleberry Finn-inspired epic ‘James’
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and ...
The New York Times1 个月
"HUCKLEBERRY FINN."; Special to The New York Times.
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Washington Post hardcover bestsellers
9 TELL ME EVERYTHING (Random House, $30). By Elizabeth Strout. Recurring characters Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob ...