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The Trees
The Booker Prize-shortlisted satire of revenge and racial justice in America, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
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James
Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for FictionAn immensely powerful and bitingly satirical retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck’s friend, the enslaved Jim.
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Sky Full of Elephants
A NovelIn a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?
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Edenglassie
Two extraordinary stories set five generations apart are connected by a violent colonial history, in Melissa Lucashenko's stunning historical epic
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Universality
From the author of Assembly - THE MUST-READ NOVEL OF 2025 in the GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, GQ, ELLE, OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, RADIO TIMES, BBC, HARPER'S BAZAAR, and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'An instant classic.' ELLE'Utterly phenomenal.' ELIZABETH DAY'Smart, twisty and original.' DAVID NICHOLLS'A sharp, clever take on contemporary culture.' DAILY MAIL'In a class of her own.' FINANCIAL TIMESOn an abandoned Yorkshire farm, a group of hippie-anarchists have taken up residence to build a new society. When their leader is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar, an ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind the attack. The longread exposé she writes goes viral - but is there more to the story than meets the eye?Universality unravels the messy aftermath of that exposé through the perspective of each of the mystery's key players: a self-pitying banker, a columnist with secrets, a cult leader with dreams, and a fugitive with nothing left to lose.The follow-up to Natasha Brown's Assembly is a twisty, slippery story of media, class, power and truth. Cutting through the noise, it reveals British society today for what it is.'A searing, state-of-the-nation novel.' STYLIST'Confirms Natasha Brown as a major talent.' OBSERVER'A brilliant, unusual social x-ray of modern Britain.' ANDREW O'HAGAN'It is impossible to not get utterly sucked in.' JENNY MUSTARD'One of the most intelligent voices writing today.' GUARDIAN'Original, vital, and unputdownable.' TESS GUNTY'Brown is an astute political observer, easily dismembering cancel culture and our media circus.' NEW STATESMAN
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Ich bin Nicht Sidney Poitier
Ein Name als Provokation, ein Leben als Satire.Portia Poitier nennt ihren Sohn 'Nicht Sidney', um ihn von dem berühmten Schauspieler zu unterscheiden. Nach dem Tod der Mutter ist der Elfjährige plötzlich Milliardär, CNN-Miteigentümer und Mündel von Ted Turner. Zwischen Rassenwahn, Starkult und Klassenkampf stolpert er durch Verhaftungen, Mordfälle und Identitätsfragen. Eine rabenschwarze, urkomische Reise durch Amerika, auf der Percival Everett sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner satirischen Kraft zeigt.
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James
1861, fluviul Mississippi. Când sclavul Jim afl¿ c¿ urmeaz¿ s¿ fie vândut unui nou st¿pân din New Orleans ¿i s¿ fie desp¿r¿it pentru totdeauna de söie ¿i de fiic¿, hot¿r¿¿te s¿ se ascund¿ pe insula Jackson din apropiere pân¿ va pune la cale un plan.Huck Finn, pe de alt¿ parte, ¿i-a înscenat moartea ca s¿ scape de violen¿a tat¿lui s¿u, care s-a întors recent în orä. A¿a începe o c¿l¿torie periculoas¿ cu pluta pe Mississippi, spre izb¿virea întruchipat¿ de statele care au interzis sclavia. În timp ce James ¿i Huck navigheaz¿ pe apele în¿el¿toare, fiecare cot al fluviului ascunde promisiunea salv¿rii ¿i riscul dezastrului.În ropotul tobelor care anun¿¿ izbucnirea r¿zboiului, James trebuie s¿-¿i duc¿ mai departe povara: familia pe care este disperat s-o protejeze ¿i minciuna în care este silit s¿ tr¿iasc¿. Împreun¿, cei doi tovar¿¿i formând o pereche greu de imaginat pornesc în cea mai primejdioas¿ ¿i mai plin¿ de consecin¿e odisee dintre toate...James este un roman intens ¿i captivant, care ne inspir¿ s¿ privim într-o nou¿ lumin¿ Aventurile lui Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain. Jim iese din umbrele spiritului ghidu¿ al lui Huck Finn ca s¿-¿i revendice dreptul la cuvânt, sfidând conven¿iile care l-au obligat la marginalizare. "Percival Everett este un gigant al literaturii americane, iar James este o carte excep¿ional¿, cu efectul unei lovituri de tun. Necru¿¿tor ¿i empatic, superb ¿i brutal, deopotriv¿ tragedie ¿i fars¿, acest roman str¿lucit rescrie istoria literar¿, permi¿ându-ne s¿ auzim vocile pe care aceasta le-a în¿bu¿it atâta timp." Hernan Diaz, autorul romanului Încredere, câ¿tig¿tor al Premiului Pulitzer "James e o carte amuzant¿ ¿i însp¿imânt¿toare, extraordinar¿ ¿i fascinant¿. Spunând povestea lui Jim, cu Huckleberry Finn în rol secundar, Percival Everett aduce o corectur¿ necesar¿ atât literaturii, cât ¿i istoriei. M-am trezit aplaudându-i pe amândoi, pe autor ¿i pe eroul lui." Ann Patchett, autoarea romanului Casa Olandez¿"Percival Everett este un maestru îndr¿zne¿ ¿i seduc¿tor al literelor americane, cu o carier¿ incredibil¿ care a atins culmi uimitoare în ultimul deceniu. Acum apare James, care preia ¿i devoreaz¿ nu doar romanul lui Mark Twain, ci ¿i buc¿¿i din Melville, Ellison, ba chiar ¿i Kafka pentru a opera o interven¿ie irevocabil¿ asupra canonului. Everett practic¿ acest joc la un nivel mai înalt, ¿i este cel mai serios joc pe care ni l-am putea imagina." Jonathan Lethem, autorul romanului Orfani în Brooklyn"Un pandant excep¿ional, accesibil ¿i foarte necesar la Huckleberry Finn." Dave Eggers, autorul romanului Opera sfâ¿ietoare a unui geniu n¿ucitor Percival Everett a publicat peste treizeci de c¿r¿i, printre care romanele Erasure, adaptat într-un film de mare succes intitulat American Fiction, So Much Blue, Telephone, finalist la Premiul Pulitzer, Copacii (The Trees), finalist la Premiul Booker ¿i câ¿tig¿tor al Premiului Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse, Dr. No ¿i James, câ¿tig¿tor al National Book Award, Kirkus Prize ¿i finalist la Booker Prize. A primit distinc¿ia Hurston/Wright Legacy ¿i premiul pentru fic¿iune al PEN Center USA ¿i este profesor emerit de englez¿ la University of Southern California. Locuie¿te în Los Angeles.
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Ausradiert
Percival Everett - Autor des Pulitzer-Preis-prämierten Bestsellers 'James'Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison ist Schriftsteller - und verzweifelt: Seine anspruchsvollen Bücher finden kaum Beachtung, während klischeebeladene 'Ghettoromane' über Schwarze gefeiert werden. Aus Wut schreibt er selbst unter Pseudonym einen solch stereotypen, provokanten Roman mit dem Titel 'Fuck'. Der Erfolg ist überwältigend. Doch mit dem Ruhm wächst auch das Chaos in Monks Leben. 'Ausradiert' ist eine bissige, kluge Satire auf den Literaturbetrieb, kulturelle Erwartungen und die Frage, wer erzählen darf - und wie.
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James. Premio Pulitzer de Ficción 2025. National Book Award 2024 / James (a Novel)
Premio Pulitzer 2025 * National Award Prize 2024 James es un libro fascinante, una reescritura de Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain desde el punto de vista de Jim, el esclavo. Con una inteligencia sobrecogedora, Percival Everett es capaz de demoler las absurdas barreras del racismo. Sentimos la igualdad natural en esta aventura y entendemos que el robo del lenguaje es fundamental en cualquier tipo de esclavitud. En ese sentido, James resuena en nuestro presente. James es el nombre de la dignidad. El esclavo ha visitado de forma clandestina la biblioteca de su amo y ha aprendido a leer y escribir. Entonces, se entera de que lo han vendido y que lo van a separar de su mujer y su hija. Decide escaparse. En esa aventura trepidante lo acompaña Huck. Los dos se convierten en una pareja de personajes que se necesitan mutuamente no solo para sobrevivir, también para conocerse y mantener cierta humanidad. El lenguaje es fundamental en este libro de lectura trepidante construido casi enteramente a través del diálogo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Pulitzer Prize 2025 * National Award Prize 2024 James is a fascinating novel--a reimagining of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the perspective of Jim, the enslaved man. With staggering insight, Percival Everett dismantles the absurd barriers of racism. We feel the natural equality in this journey and understand that the theft of language is central to every form of enslavement. In that sense, James resonates deeply with our present. James is the name of dignity. The enslaved man has secretly visited his master's library and taught himself to read and write. When he learns he's been sold and will be separated from his wife and daughter, he decides to escape. Huck joins him on this gripping adventure. Together, they become a pair who need each other not only to survive, but to understand themselves and preserve their humanity. Language is at the heart of this fast-paced novel, built almost entirely through dialogue.
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A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as Told to Percival Everett & James Kincaid (a Novel)
"[A]n outrageously funny satire of race relations and racism, US history, contemporary sexual mores and behavior, academia, and the publishing industry . . . It could become a cult-classic . . . Highly recommended."--Library Journal "The story's epistolary format allows novelist Everett and literary theorist Kincaid to write in a chorus of richly individuated voices, by turns--and often simultaneously--sardonic, hysterical, obsequious, and threatening, aware of their own hypocrisies but unwilling to renounce them. The result is a truly funny send-up of the corrupt politics of academe, the publishing industry, and politics, as well as a subtle but biting critique of racial ideology." --Publishers Weekly In A History of the African-American People [Proposed], Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Percival Everett (James) and James Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of former South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond's desire to pen a history of African Americans--his and his aides' belief being that he had done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, A History follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors and kindly family friends. Strom Thurmond appears charming and open, mad and sure of his place in American history.
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Watershed
'American literature's philosopher king - and its sharpest satirist' - The New YorkerIn Watershed, Percival Everett, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel James, turns his focus once again to the injustices of recent American history, exploring the relationship between Native American activists and Black Panther groups who bonded over their shared enemies in the 1960s Civil Rights movement.On a windswept landscape somewhere north of Denver, Robert Hawks, a feisty and dangerously curious hydrologist, finds himself enmeshed in a fight over Native American treaty rights. What begins for Robert as a peaceful fishing interlude ends in murder and the disclosure of government secrets.Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.Read Percival's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel James in paperback now.
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James Workbook
Master Literature with Ease!Analyzing literature can be challenging-but we make it simple! This comprehensive study guide provides in-depth summaries and analyses for all 53 chapters of James: A Novel by Percival Everett. Enhance your reading experience and build confidence with a study resource designed to:Improve students' gradesSave teachers valuable prep timeInspire engaging and insightful discussionsWhat's Inside:¿ Chapter-by-Chapter Summaries - Refresh your memory with concise overviews of key events and central ideas.¿ In-Depth Literary Analysis - Uncover deeper meanings and thematic connections.¿ Character Studies - Follow character development from hardship to triumph.¿ Themes, Symbols & Motifs - Identify recurring ideas and their significance.¿ Key Quotes & Explanations - Gain insight into the meaning behind essential passages.¿ Essay & Discussion Topics - Explore thought-provoking prompts for writing and conversation.Who Benefits from this Workbook Study Guides? Students - Strengthen critical thinking skills, improve grades, and reduce stress. Educators - Save hours of lesson planning and create engaging assignments. Book Club Members - Lead thoughtful discussions with confidence. All Readers - Deepen your understanding and appreciation of the books you love.Why Readers Trust This workbook:¿ 96% of students report higher grades after using our study guides.¿ 98% of educators say this workbook saves them time.¿ 99% of book club members credit our guides for improving discussions.¿ 94% of readers find all the information they need in our study guides.
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