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SUMMARY:NCB Book Discussion: James by Percival Everett
DESCRIPTION:When 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 narrative set pieces of Adventures 
 of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms\, stumbling across 
 both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points 
 along the river's banks\, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke 
 and Dauphin...)\, Jim's agency\, intelligence and compassion are shown in a 
 radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating 
 observations that have made Everett a "literary icon" (Oprah Daily)\, and 
 one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime.
LOCATION:North County Branch Library Main Meeting Room (50 seats)\, North County Branch Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Noone-Kozakiewicz":MAILTO:mnoone-kozak@hclibrary.us
CATEGORIES:Book Club
CONTACT;CN="Mary Noone-Kozakiewicz":MAILTO:mnoone-kozak@hclibrary.us
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