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Așa începe o călătorie periculoasă cu pluta pe Mississippi, spre izbăvirea întruchipată de statele care au interzis sclavia. În timp ce James și Huck navighează pe apele înșelătoare, fiecare cot al fluviului ascunde promisiunea salvării și riscul dezastrului.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eÎn ropotul tobelor care anunță izbucnirea războiului, James trebuie să-și ducă mai departe povara: familia pe care este disperat s-o protejeze și minciuna în care este silit să trăiască. Împreună, cei doi tovarăși formând o pereche greu de imaginat pornesc în cea mai primejdioasă și mai plină de consecințe odisee dintre toate...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e este un roman intens și captivant, care ne inspiră să privim într-o nouă lumină \u003cem\u003eAventurile lui Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e de Mark Twain. Jim iese din umbrele spiritului ghiduș al lui Huck Finn ca să-și revendice dreptul la cuvânt, sfidând convențiile care l-au obligat la marginalizare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Percival Everett este un gigant al literaturii americane, iar \u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e este o carte excepțională, cu efectul unei lovituri de tun. Necruțător și empatic, superb și brutal, deopotrivă tragedie și farsă, acest roman strălucit rescrie istoria literară, permițându-ne să auzim vocile pe care aceasta le-a înăbușit atâta timp.\" \u003cstrong\u003eHernan Diaz, autorul romanului \u003cem\u003eÎncredere\u003c\/em\u003e, câștigător al Premiului Pulitzer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e e o carte amuzantă și înspăimântătoare, extraordinară și fascinantă. Spunând povestea lui Jim, cu Huckleberry Finn în rol secundar, Percival Everett aduce o corectură necesară atât literaturii, cât și istoriei. M-am trezit aplaudându-i pe amândoi, pe autor și pe eroul lui.\" \u003cstrong\u003eAnn Patchett, autoarea romanului \u003cem\u003eCasa Olandeză\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Percival Everett este un maestru îndrăzneț și seducător al literelor americane, cu o carieră incredibilă care a atins culmi uimitoare în ultimul deceniu. Acum apare \u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e, care preia și devorează nu doar romanul lui Mark Twain, ci și bucăți din Melville, Ellison, ba chiar și Kafka pentru a opera o intervenție irevocabilă asupra canonului. Everett practică acest joc la un nivel mai înalt, și este cel mai serios joc pe care ni l-am putea imagina.\" \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Lethem, autorul romanului \u003cem\u003eOrfani în Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Un pandant excepțional, accesibil și foarte necesar la \u003cem\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003cstrong\u003eDave Eggers, autorul romanului \u003cem\u003eOpera sfâșietoare a unui geniu năucitor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/strong\u003e a publicat peste treizeci de cărți, printre care romanele \u003cem\u003eErasure\u003c\/em\u003e, adaptat într-un film de mare succes intitulat \u003cem\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSo Much Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTelephone\u003c\/em\u003e, finalist la Premiul Pulitzer, \u003cem\u003eCopacii\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/em\u003e), finalist la Premiul Booker și câștigător al Premiului Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse, \u003cem\u003eDr. No\u003c\/em\u003e și \u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e, câștigător al National Book Award, Kirkus Prize și finalist la Booker Prize. A primit distincția Hurston\/Wright Legacy și premiul pentru ficțiune al PEN Center USA și este profesor emerit de engleză la University of Southern California. Locuiește în Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47642994737388,"sku":"9786303425917","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e62052867870cde6cb9d96dbca1156e8.jpg?v=1779170821"},{"product_id":"james-pulitzer-prize-winner-by-percival-everett-9780385550369","title":"James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER • #1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER\u003c\/strong\u003e • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view • In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e • A Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, LA Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, TIME,\u003c\/i\u003e and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Genius\"\u003c\/em\u003e—The Atlantic • \u003cem\u003e\"A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own.\"\u003c\/em\u003e—Chicago Tribune • \u003cem\u003e\"A provocative, enlightening literary work of art.\"\u003c\/em\u003e—The Boston Globe • \u003cem\u003e\"Everett’s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful.\"\u003c\/em\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. 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