BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:LA County Library X-WR-CALNAME:LA County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8262c187-5751-4c42-8d41-39abc6fae659 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260721T173842Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T194500 SUMMARY:La Crescenta Book Club: James by Percival Everett LOCATION:La Crescenta Library\nLa Crescenta Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=La Crescenta Library;X-APP LE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=La Crescenta Library:geo:34.2246849,-118.2403732 GEO:34.2246849;-118.2403732 DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss 'James' by Percival Everett. Find your c opy and discussion questions at the Book Club Corner located across from t he Customer Service Desk. New members are always welcome. For adults..\nht tps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/14757578 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

From Percival Everett-a recipient of the N BCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\, Booke r Prize\, and numerous PEN awards-comes James\, a retelling of The Adventu res of Huckleberry Finn\, both harrowing and ferociously funny\, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and daughter forever\, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he c an formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck Finn has faked his own death to esca pe his violent father\, recently returned to town. As all readers of Ameri can literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey b y raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unrelia ble promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms\ , stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the my riad stopping points along the river's banks\, encountering the scam artis ts posing as the Duke and Dauphin...)\, Jim's agency\, intelligence and co mpassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifyin g humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literar y icon" (Oprah Daily)\, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifet ime\, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone o f twenty-first century American literature. -- Provided by publisher

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