James: A Novel SIGNED LATER PRINTING
New York: Doubleday, 2024.
25th Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Percival Everett to page specially bound-in by the publisher. 25th Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 302pp. A hint of shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket with Signed Copy sticker to front panel. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bumping to head of spine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A highly presentable signed copy of this reimagining of this National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from literary icon Percival Everett.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
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 Winner, 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. (Publisher). Near fine / near fine. Item #17144
ISBN: 9780385550369
Price: $35.00