詹姆斯JamesPercival Everett

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 384 pages

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Imprint:Pan Book

ISBN:9781035020386

Published:27 Feb 2025

Weight:262g

Dimensions:196 x 130 x 25 (mm)

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

真正非凡的书很少见，这就是其中之一”——罗迪·道尔 《詹姆斯》是一部深刻而极其有趣的小说，作者是我们在世的伟大的作家之一珀西瓦尔·埃弗里特。 星期日泰晤士报畅销书 国家图书奖小说奖得主 安德鲁·卡内基杰出小说奖得主 入围布克奖 奥威尔小说奖决赛入围者 密西西比河，1861 年。当被奴役的吉姆无意中听说他即将被卖给新奥尔良的新主人并与妻子和女儿永远分离时，他逃到附近的杰克逊岛，直到他能制定一个计划。与此同时，哈克·芬（Huck Finn）伪造了自己的死亡，以逃避回到小镇的暴力父亲。 于是，沿着密西西比河开始了一段危险的旅程，前往自由州及其他地区难以捉摸的承诺。当詹姆斯和哈克在危险的水域中航行时，河中的每个弯道都预示着拯救和灭亡。这对不太可能的搭档一起踏上了改变人生的冒险之旅。 。 。 《观察家报》、《泰晤士报和星期日泰晤士报》、《卫报》、《每日邮报》、《每日快报》、《旁观者》、《新政治家》、《独立报》、TLS、《每日电讯报》、《金融时报》、《i报》、《经济学人》、《爱尔兰时报》、《纽约时报》、《时代周刊》和《纽约客》的“年度图书” '谁应该读这本书？这个国家的每一个人”——安·帕切特 “极其有趣且充满动感”——《星期日泰晤士报》“年度图书” “这可能是埃弗雷特迄今为止好的书”——邦妮·加姆斯 “俏皮又恶毒的喜剧”——《每日电讯报》“年度图书” “今年我喜欢的小说”——萨尔曼·拉什迪 Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' – Roddy Doyle James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Fiction The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson’s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town. So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together, the unlikely pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all . . . A 'Book of the Year' in The Observer, The Times & Sunday Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, TLS, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, i newspaper, The Economist, The Irish Times, The New York Times, TIME and The New Yorker 'Who should read this book? Every single person in the country' – Ann Patchett 'Scorchingly funny and action-packed' – The Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year' 'This may be Everett's best book yet' – Bonnie Garmus 'Playful and viciously comic' – The Telegraph, 'Books of the Year' 'My favourite novel this year' – Salman Rushdie

作者简介

珀西瓦尔·埃弗里特 (Percival Everett) 是三十多本书的作者，其中包括《电话》、《诺博士》、《树木》（入围 2022 年布克奖并荣获 2022 年布林格普通人沃德豪斯奖），以及改编成奥斯卡获奖影片《美国小说》的《擦除》。他曾获得赫斯顿/赖特遗产奖和美国笔会中心小说奖，曾入围普利策奖，并且是南加州大学杰出英语教授。 《詹姆斯》是《纽约时报》和《星期日泰晤士报》的精装本畅销书，入围 2024 年布克奖和 2024 年国家图书奖，并入围奥威尔小说奖。珀西瓦尔·埃弗里特住在洛杉矶。 Percival Everett is the author of over thirty books, including Telephone, Dr No, The Trees, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and won the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and Erasure, which was adapted into the major Oscar-winning film American Fiction. He has received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. James was a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller in hardback, and it has been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and the 2024 National Book Award, and was a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Fiction. Percival Everett lives in Los Angeles.