Reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ From The Black POV

28/03/2024 10 min
Reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ From The Black POV

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Episode Synopsis

James reimagines the Mark Twain classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – this time telling it from the perspective of the enslaved character Jim. Everett has written 30 books, including Erasure, the 2001 novel adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction. Reset talks with the author about what his new work can teach us about agency and art of balancing satire and irony while conveying the horrors of slavery.

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