That’s a pivotal moment in Huck Finn because it has to be. This is where these characters are being led. And likewise, as I inhabit this world, I had to come to some point like that myself.

Their tale is a multigenerational saga — where Huck and Jim are real people and not just concoctions of Twain’s creativity — that spans generations and includes the main characters ...

When Everett thought of writing Jim’s side of Huck Finn, he was surprised that no one had ever delivered that story before. The two fugitives are separated for a long section of Twain’s novel ...

But although it takes up some basic plot movements, characters, and scenes from “Huck Finn,” and remains set in eastern Missouri, on and along the Mississippi River, “James” turns away ...

Introduction to the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" This video offers an overview of this book including the characters of Huck Finn, a runaway adolescent, and Jim, an escaped slave, and their ...

‘Huck Finn’ is a masterpiece. This retelling just might be, too. Huck's enslaved sidekick, Jim, is at the center of 'James,' Percival Everett's take on Twain. A review.

Illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson worked with author David F. Walker on graphic novel “Big Jim and the White Boy.” ...

Prolific writer Percival Everett often skewers different corners of American society. His latest novel James is written from the point of view of the character Jim, from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.

Percival Everett discusses his new book "James." The work of Percival Everett landed in the spotlight when his novel "Erasure" was adapted into the film "American Fiction." Hard on the heels of ...