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When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.
My Thoughts
Excellent book. A page turner indeed.
James captured my interest from beginning to end, the adventures kept me wanting to know what would happen next. In this novel we meet Jim, a slave who upon hearing that he was about to be sold decides to run away so that he can find a way to purchase his family's freedom later on. Jim and his friend Huck, a boy with whom Jim has a close bond
set off to find a path to freedom.
While Jim was escaping bondage, Huck was escaping an abusive father. Their travels wouĺd have some extremely dangerous situations. Jim's account of the horrors of enslavement was crafted expertly that the reader could visualize and feel every emotion. This book is a MUST read.
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