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raccoon

(31,737 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2024, 07:01 AM Mar 2024

Anyone read JAMES: A NOVEL by Percival Everett yet?

It's the retelling of HUCKLEBERRY FINN from Jim's perspective.

I'm on the Hold list for it at my library.

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Anyone read JAMES: A NOVEL by Percival Everett yet? (Original Post) raccoon Mar 2024 OP
Sounds interesting. I will probably have to put in on hold at my library. brer cat Mar 2024 #1
Retold Tales from the Other Side bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #2
The villain retell has been around NanaCat Mar 2024 #5
I'm on hold list too peasant one Mar 2024 #3
I saw this one in my March releases NanaCat Mar 2024 #4

bucolic_frolic

(49,507 posts)
2. Retold Tales from the Other Side
Fri Mar 15, 2024, 07:23 AM
Mar 2024

I have no plans to read it, but sounds like it will spark a new genre. I can hear the keyboards clacking already.

 

NanaCat

(2,332 posts)
5. The villain retell has been around
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 06:40 PM
Mar 2024

For a very long time now. Grendel (Beowulf villain retell) came out in 1971, after all. One of the most popular villain retells has to be Wicked, a WIzard of Oz retell.

peasant one

(154 posts)
3. I'm on hold list too
Fri Mar 15, 2024, 08:13 AM
Mar 2024

As soon as I read about it I put it on hold. Sounds like an interesting read.

 

NanaCat

(2,332 posts)
4. I saw this one in my March releases
Sun Mar 17, 2024, 06:37 PM
Mar 2024

And I wanted to read it, so badly. I love the original Huckleberry Finn, but, even in high school, I always thought Jim's side of the story would be much more fascinating.

Unfortunately, I forgot to check into the library site the day they got it. Dumb, dumb, dumb. The waiting list was already crazy when I did see about getting it--one of the downfalls of living in a large city. I've postponed the read for now. It's not going anywhere, after all.

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