Book Club: James: A Novel by Percival Everett (Part 1 of 3)

Ernest Hemingway famously said that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain planted the seed of modern literature. The new book, James, by multiple-prize-winning author Percival Everett, shifts the point of view from the runaway boy Huck to his adult companion, the slave-fugitive Jim. This parallel interpretation of their shared adventures, including Jim's perspective and a realistic portrayal of Jim's independent agency, creates a liberating new appreciation for the fictive account first imagined by Twain. Percival Everett's James has already been hailed as a new classic, equal in conception to the original book it reinterprets. Please join us to experience a literary voice from our time forming an authentic African American response to this central legacy of American literature.

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Our guest discussion leader is Ron Luce, a retired professor of literature, who is also a published author in his own right.