| Title |
James
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| Names |
Everett, Percival.
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Calvo, Javier. Translator
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Twain, Mark.
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| Book Number |
DB127871
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| Title Status |
In Process
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| Language |
Spanish
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| Annotation |
"From Percival Everett--a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards--comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. 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, and 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 The 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 "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature." -- Provided by publisher. -- Violence and strong language. National Book Award. Spanish language.
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"James es un libro fascinante. Una reescritura de Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain desde el punto de vista de Jim, el esclavo. Con el humor típico de Percival Everett y una inteligencia sobrecogedora, el lector vive una gran aventura, la de la libertad. James es el nombre de la dignidad. El esclavo ha visitado de forma clandestina la biblioteca de su amo y ha aprendido a leer y escribir. Cuando se entera de que lo han vendido y lo van a separar de su mujer y su hija decide escaparse. En esa aventura trepidante lo acompaña Huck. Los dos se convierten en una pareja de personajes que se necesitan mutuamente no sólo para sobrevivir, también para conocerse y saber cuál es su verdadera conexión. El lenguaje es fundamental en este libro de lectura trepidante construido casi enteramente en diálogos inteligentes." -- Proporcionada por la editorial. -- Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2024. Contiene lenguaje ofensivo y descripciones de violencia. Premio Nacional del Libro.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Audience Notes |
Contains strong language. NLS/BPH
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Contains violence. NLS/BPH
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| Local Subject |
Humorous fiction
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Novels
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Spanish, Fiction. (in Spanish) - SPAF
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Titles in Spanish - SPA
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American fiction - Pre 1970 - 813
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American literature in English - 810
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| LC Subject |
Action and adventure fiction
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Fugitive slaves - Fiction
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Male friendship - Fiction
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Race relations - Fiction
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Runaway children - Fiction
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Mississippi River - Fiction
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Missouri - Fiction
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Fiction
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Historical fiction
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Humor
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| Call Number |
813.6 AFI
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: Madrid : De Conatus, 2024. 9788410182134
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