Percival Everett Wins Pulitzer Prize For Novel 'James'
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00:00Percival Everett won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel James, a reimagining of the adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man seeking freedom and family.
00:13The Pulitzer Committee praised the novel as an accomplished reconsideration that highlights the absurdity of racial supremacy and offers a new take on the search for family and freedom.
00:24James has also received other accolades like the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize.