{"product_id":"james-percival-everett-9781035031269","title":"James (Percival Everett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and ferociously funny novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mississippi River, 1861.\u003c\/b\u003e When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson's Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together, the unlikely pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 'Book of the Year' in\u003ci\u003e The Observer, The Times \u0026amp; Sunday Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, TLS, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, i newspaper, The Economist, The Irish Times, The New York Times, TIME \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Who should read this book? Every single person in the country' - Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Scorchingly funny and action-packed' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Books of the Year'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This may be Everett's best book yet' - Bonnie Garmus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Playful and viciously comic' - \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Books of the Year'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'My favourite novel this year' - Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePercival Everett is the author of over thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr No\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and won the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into the major Oscar-winning film \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. An instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller in hardback, \u003ci\u003eJames \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Fiction, was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and was named the Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Percival Everett lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65838849425757,"sku":"K097549445","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9754944500001A.jpg?v=1788760791","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/james-percival-everett-9781035031269","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}