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Percival Everett’s newest novel reimagines “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved character, Jim. Everett joins Washington Post Live to talk about "James ...

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain is one of the cornerstones of American literature. "James," a new novel by Percival Everett, takes another look at the story and brings an ...

A bravura rewriting of Mark Twain’s classic from the enslaved Jim’s point of view ...

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James is an audacious endeavor to reimagine a classic. What was it about Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn that you thought needed a reimagining? [James] was not an expression of any kind of ...

His work triumphed at the Oscars, but the Booker-shortlisted author isn’t interested in acclaim. He talks to the Guardian ...

Discover how Percival Everett’s “James” sheds new light on Huckleberry Finn’s Jim, redefining American literature and ...

Percival Everett has brilliantly reimagined the life of Jim, the runaway slave in Huckleberry Finn. Here are eight more great ...

Percival Everett agrees that Huckleberry Finn should not be banned or redacted to omit the n-word, which “makes perfect sense ...