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.