James: A Novel SIGNED FIRST U.K. EDITION WITH SPRAYED EDGES
London: Mantle, 2024.
First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Percival Everett in ink at title page. First U.K. Edition, with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 302pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in blue. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. With bright blue sprayed edges, this is a very presentable signed first UK edition of Percival Everett's Pulitzer Prize winning reimagining of Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, soon to be a feature film from Universal Pictures, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Taika Waititi.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
"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 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 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.(Publisher). Very good + / Very good +. Item #15033
ISBN: 9781035031238
Price: $225.00