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When Should You Give Up On A Book? Is there an ideal number of pages or chapters to read before you say: This just isn't for me?

Every book is different, but at @medium I explain how I made the call on one of the year's big novels: Percival Everett's "James," a National Book Award winner and book club favorite.

#Books #Novels #Medium #Culture #PercivalEverett #James #Fiction

medium.com/thought-thinkers/wh

Percival Everett and the cover of “James”
Thought Thinkers · When Should You Stop Reading A Book? - Thought Thinkers - MediumBy Janice Harayda

Funny excerpt from a book I’m reading:

“Sadie shaved off a sliver and put it in her mouth. “I swear that woman has a talent for not cooking.”
“Do I have to eat it?” Lizzie asked.
“No, you don’t,” Sadie said.
“But what are you going to say when she asks you about it?” I asked.
Lizzie cleared her throat. “Miss Watson, dat sum conebread lak I neva before et.”
“Try ‘dat be,’ ” I said. “That would be the correct incorrect grammar.”
“Dat be sum of conebread lak neva I et,” she said.
“Very good,” I said.”

Excerpt From ‘James’ by #PercivalEverett

Continued thread

« Orbital » a éclipsé le grand favori « James » de #PercivalEverett, projet d‘aventures de Huckleberry Finn de #MarkTwain à rebours : l’idée étant que les esclaves du Dixie font exprès de parler en langage de camouflage, infantilisé, grammaire délibérément incorrecte, mais dont l’usage est réservé aux rencontres avec des Blanc·hes pour éviter toute provocation – on parle un anglais sophistiqué et impeccable sinon, et l’ami de Huckleberry Finn, « Jim », est en réalité plutôt un « James », expert des Lumières qui s’imagine en débat intérieur avec #Voltaire sur sa notion de liberté. Prochaine visite à une librairie anglophone dans pas trop longtemps. 3/4