From Library Director, Nathan Dowd.
James: A Novel by Percival Everett is a thought-provoking and poignant novel that explores the complexities of identity, race, and the human experience through the lens of a character named James. They novel is loosely based on Jim from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story follows him as he attempts to escape enslavement, marked by a sense of alienation and the weight of historical and personal traumas. It does an excellent job of presenting themes such as passing and linguistic representations of people of color in literary and historical fiction.
For fans of graphic novels, Big Jim and the White Boy by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson also offers a reimagining of the Mark Twian’s character Jim, and is the 2025 winner of the American Library Association’s Alex Award - Best Graphic Novel Of The Year.
Both books are available in the library and can be found in our Relax & Read collection near the front desk.
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