Reseña del libro "James"
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2024
James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. From the shadows of Huck Finn's mischievous spirit, Jim emerges to reclaim his voice, defying the conventions that have consigned him to the margins. Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Trees, Professor Percival Everett is one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime.
1861, The Mississippi River. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter for ever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson's Island until he can formulate a plan.
Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, who recently returned to town. Thus begins a dangerous and transcendent journey by raft along the Mississippi River, toward the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck begin to navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise.
With rumours of a brewing war, James must face the burden he carries: the family he cannot protect and the constant lie he must live. Together, the unlikely pair must face the most dangerous odyssey of them all . . .
MEDIA REVIEWS
Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and JAMES is a canon-shatteringly great book. Unforgiving and compassionate, beautiful and brutal, a tragedy and a farce, this brilliant novel rewrites literary history to let us hear the voices it has long suppressed - Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust
JAMES is funny and horrifying, brilliant and riveting. In telling the story of Jim instead of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett delivers a powerful, necessary corrective to both literature and history. I found myself cheering both the writer and his hero. Who should read this book? Every single person in the country - Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake
Pure brilliance. Funny, wise, gracious; this may be Everett's best book yet - Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
A scorchingly funny, action-packed reworking of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Sunday Times, 'The 40 best books of 2024'
Percival Everett is an audacious, beguiling American master, whose wild trajectory has reached astonishing highs in the past decade. Now comes JAMES, which enlists and devours not only Mark Twain’s novel but aspects of Melville, Ellison, and even Kafka to make an irrevocable invention into the canon. Everett is simply playing this game at a higher level, and it is the most serious game imaginable - Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn
[An] ingenious retelling of The Adverntures of Huckleberry Finn . . . Everett has outdone himself - Publishers Weekly
One of the noblest characters in American literature gets a novel worthy of him - Kirkus Reviews
An absolutely essential read - Booklist
Es considerado por la crítica como uno de los grandes escritores norteamericanos de este siglo. Nació en 1956 en Georgia (EE.UU.). Su voz rompe moldes a través de una extraña mezcla de profundidad de pensamiento y humor salvaje. Ha recibido numerosos premios. Fue finalista del Booker Prize por Los árboles. La adaptación al cine de su novela Cancelado ganó el Óscar al mejor guion adaptado como American Fiction en 2024.
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