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SUMMARY:Percival Everett: Award-winning author of James
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Joseph-Beth Booksellers.\n\n James is a brilliant\, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. \n\nWhen 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 of the familiar set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain\, Everett shows Jim's agency\, intelligence and compassion in a radically new light in James. \n\nYour book is your ticket to the event. Purchase the book to attend the event. Price includes entry to the event for one person and one signed copy of James by Percival Everett.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate and Time\n\nFriday\, March 29\, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\nHarriet Tubman Theater\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Type\n\nSpecial Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost\n\nBook purchase serves as your ticket (book = ticket)
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Presented in partnership with Joseph-Beth Booksellers.
\n\n \;James \;is a brilliant\, action-packed reimagining of \;Adventures of Huckleberry Finn \;told from the enslaved Jim&rsquo\;s point of view. \;
\n\nWhen 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 of the familiar set pieces of \;Adventures of Huckleberry Finn \;remain\, Everett shows Jim&rsquo\;s agency\, intelligence and compassion in a radically new light in \;James. \;
\n\nYour book is your ticket to the event. \;Purchase the book to attend the event. Price includes entry to the event for one person and one signed copy of \;James \;by Percival Everett.
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Date and Time
\nFriday\, March 29\, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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\nHarriet Tubman Theater
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\nSpecial Event
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\nBook purchase serves as your ticket (book = ticket)
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