Exploring newly-published fiction. This group meets in the afternoon of the third Thursday of each month, both at the library and online via Zoom.
Visit the library’s website at columbuspubliclibrary.info or our Facebook page to register for the link to sign up for this event if you choose to attend online. You do not need to register if you choose to attend in person.
This hybrid event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
July 17: James: A Novel by Percival Everett
“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 can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
“While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.” – Amazon
Everett received acclaim for his 2001 novel Erasure, which satirized the publication and reception of African-American literature. The novel was recently adapted into the film “American Fiction,” starring Jeffrey Wright.
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