02624cam a2200433 i 4500 1424632882 OCoLC 20241114131753.0 240208s2024 nyu d 000 0 eng d 9780593862735 0593862732 (OCoLC)1424632882 AJM x Large Print Everett, Percival. author. 18852 James : a novel / Percival Everett. First large print edition. [New York] : Random House Large Print, 2024 348 pages (large print) ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier large print rdafs 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. Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) Fiction. 18853 Fugitive slaves Fiction. 9878 Race relations Fiction. 12093 Male friendship Fiction. 12562 Runaway children Fiction. 18854 Mississippi River Fiction. 18855 Missouri Fiction. 10334 Action and adventure fiction. lcgft 613 Large print books. lcgft 13197 Humorous fiction. lcgft 1853 Novels. lcgft 50 Based on (work): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 18856 .b188586301 ddc BOOK 30249 30249 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ LP 2024-11-14 30.00 2 EVER 40020 2025-10-10 2025-09-26 2025-09-26 2024-11-14 BOOK 1