James: A Novel

James: A Novel

Percival Everett

Chapter 6

Page 68

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

Note: He was a polygenist. He believedthat different human races did not have a commlon ancestor. This is the origin James feeling of betrayal.

Chapter 18

Page 136

John Locke

Note: wiikipedia taught me aboutLocke’s hypocrisy

Chapter 6

Page 355

We knew that she, I, all of us, were forever naked in the world.

Chapter 12

Page 389

“Just James.”

Note: It felt like a graphic novel without the artwork. The prose was pedestrian.