James is a gripping retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in which Jim is the main character. This time, the story is told by the runaway slave’s point of view, and Percival Everett, far from what Twain presupposed, gives Jim the depth of character that was erased in the first novel. With James, Everett gives a proud voice to one of the few Black characters in classic literature, underlining his complex personality and the painful life of a runaway slave in the southern states of Ame…

Un roman rétrofuturiste où l’on croise plusieurs personnages entrainés bien malgré eux dans une histoire de trafic de cavorite, énergie ultime qui a propulsé le début du XXème siècle dans « la modernité ». Une histoire captivante, impossible à lâcher !