The story was powerful and an emotional, visceral read at times but it was amazing. I love Percival Everett's work, but this could be my favorite. I love, love, love the idea of telling The Huck Finn story from James' point of view.
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
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For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be…
Anthony Doerr is one of my favorite writers. I'm iffy on short story collections, but I picked this one up because Doerr wrote it. Truthfully, I'd bought it a few months before and opened it on my Kindle and because of that thing that happens on Kindle, I didn't immediately know the title of what I was reading. I was about ten pages in before I thought, "I love Anthony Doerr's writing .. and wait. Is this a collection of short stories? And I'm sticking? Yes. I'm sticking." So beautiful. I felt emotionally richer for having read it.
Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In 'The River Nemunas', a teenaged orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. 'Village 113' is about the building of the Three…
Eli works in his parents’ deli. His family is his whole world—almost. He spends every Sunday at the movies and hopes to hit it big as a Hollywood screenwriter. But how can he tell his parents that one day he’ll be leaving?
Evelyn’s father works for the mob—undoubtedly why they’re doing so well. Definitely the reason she’s not allowed out unescorted. Even though her parents have chosen a husband for her, she fantasizes about a life in service to the unfortunate. But for the moment, she dreams of escape, if only for a few hours.
Opportunity strikes, and she ends up at the deli. The pair meet only briefly, but their connection tempts an unlikely, forbidden romance that could endanger both their lives.
