Percival Everett has won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s classic “Huckleberry Finn.” “I hope that I have written the novel that Twain did not and ...
Piatkus Fiction has acquired The Sharma Sisters by Rachael Fernandes, a British-Indian reimagining of Little Women, scheduled for publication in April 2026. Editor Tanisha Ali acquired world ...
Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday.
It’s considered a minor cog in the wheel of time: an episodic tale of the virtue of loyalty, as most folk tales go. It’s a myth that blurs the lines between human and the celestials, fusing portions ...
On the pedestal below Sita’s sat Trijata, their fingers entwined. Sita spoke about the Ram Rajya that she and her husband were to build together. It was their labour of love. This aspirational castle ...
ON THE face of it, Him is a deliberately provocative book. Geoff Ryman’s latest science fiction novel is, in short, a retelling of the story of Jesus in which he is transgender. In its rendering, ...