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The Guardian view on rewriting classics: what the Dickens? | Editorial

Retellings of novels like Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield help to keep the canon aliveIt might have lost out at the Booker, but James, a reworking of Huckleberry Finn by Percival Everett, was the unofficial book of 2024, topping best-of-the-year lists and winning the prestigious US Book... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-30 18:25:43 UTC ]

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L.A. author Percival Everett wins National Book Award for retelling of 'Huck Finn'

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-11-21 21:14:19 UTC ]

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Panel Mania: ‘Big Jim and the White Boy’ by David Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson

David Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson’s new graphic novel ‘Big Jim and the White Boy’ is an imaginative retelling, in comics, of Mark Twain’s ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’ An 11-page excerpt. Continue reading >>
[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]

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This Booker longlist might just be the most enjoyable of recent years

No Sally Rooney, one clear favourite and a novel set in space - this is a longlist of unexpected discoveries and big ideas• Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among ‘cohort of global voices’It is 10 years since the Booker prize expanded its remit to include American novelists. The... Continue reading >>
[ Source: The Guardian | 2024-07-30 13:04:15 UTC ]

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Book Club: ‘James,’ by Percival Everett

For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Continue reading >>
[ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-10 15:51:16 UTC ]

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