The Known World

In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the Pulitzer Prize-winning story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who is now a slave owner in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law; Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones weaves a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities. ''A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon.''-Time Freshman Common Read: Kalamazoo College

Product details

• Authors: Edward P. Jones
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780062692344
• ISBN: 978-0-06-269234-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 181 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Olive Editions; Olive Editions; Harper Perennial Olive Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Historical / General, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FICTION, FICTION: Sagas, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, FICTION: African American & Black / Historical, FICTION: Magical Realism, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: LITERATURE, SOCIOLOGY: ETHNIC STUDIES, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / African American & Black