His new novel, James, is a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic but controversial The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the ...

"James," a novel by Percival Everett, fills that gap by adding what Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" left out, namely the thoughts and perspectives of the Black man who was ...

Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

James by Percival Everett is a retelling of Mark Twain's seminal novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim, an enslaved man on the run. James by Percival Everett won ...

I was preparing to speak to the author at a book conference ... It’s imprecise to call James a retelling of Mark Twain’s The ...

Percival Everett has won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic “Huckleberry Finn.” Published in March to widespread critical ...