Hello, and welcome to the w b Z Book Club. This is Jordan Rich. In March of last year, a new book by Percival Everett was released, and it's called James, with the focus of an enduring character in American literature, Jim, the former slave who befriends Huck Finn on his adventures on the Mississippi River. It's a reimagining of the Huck Finn story, with Jim now the central character who's threatened with quote, being sold down the river, and facing the
horrible separation from his family. In the novel James, Jim is portrayed with more nobility. We find out that he is quite well read. He's a deep and profound thinker whose Southern slave dialect so prominent in the eighteen eighty five Mark Twain's story and so controversial in the present day. Well, in this novel, that method of dialect is a cover, a way for Jim to playcate white folks, particularly those
who are after him. Jim's perspective is illuminating. James, a new look at a noble character in American literature by Perceval Everett. The Book Club w b Z Boston's new is Radio