James
From the Mother Tongue Shapeshifting & Reclaiming collection.
Nominated by Graphic Designer Steph Sizemore |
"Percival Everett uses language as resistance to expose the oppressive mechanisms of slavery and reclaim humanity. By inverting the power dynamic inherent in language, he gives Jim and other characters agency and intellectual depth, which is absent in Mark Twain's original depiction." |
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
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