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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
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Edward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World; he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short listed for the National Book Award. His second collection, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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"'The Known World' is a great novel, one that may eventually be placed with the best of American Literature." - San Diego Union-Tribune
"Fascinating...poignant....[A] complex and fine novel." - Baltimore Sun
"Heartbreaking....fascinating." - Newsweek
"Brilliant....Glorious....[The Known World] belongs on the shelf with other classics of slavery, like Toni Morrison's "Beloved." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Jones has written a book of tremendous moral intricacy." - The New Yorker
" An exemplar of historical fiction. . . [it] will subdue your preconceptions, enrich your perceptions and trouble your sleep.. . .The way Jones tells this story. . .recalls Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez." - Newsday
"If Jones. . .keeps up this level of work, he'll equal the best fiction Toni Morrison has written about being black in America." - Speakeasy
"To the extent that [Toni] Morrison spun a surreal tale of American slavery into mythic proportions, Jones has carved a companion series of stark anecdotes into national legends....A stunning portrait of moral confusion....Jones has a kind of biblical style that suggests whole lives in a few stark details" - Christian Science Monitor
" An exemplar of historical fiction. . . [it] will subdue your preconceptions, enrich your perceptions and trouble your sleep.. . .The way Jones tells this story. . .recalls Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez." - Starred Library Journal
"Breathtaking....A fascinating counterweight to Toni Morrison's Beloved....It is essential reading." - Entertainment Weekly
"Stunning....His first novel is...likely to win acclaim." - New York Times
"A stunning debut novel." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A strong, intricate, daring book by a writer of deep compassion and uncommon gifts." - Peter Matthiessen
"Astonishingly rich. . .The particulars and consequences of the 'right' of humans to own other humans are dramatized with unprecedented ingenuity and intensity, in a harrowing tale that scarcely ever raises its voice. . . . It should be a major prize contender." - Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"A grand and inspired work of historical fiction. . .[It] deserves every word of praise that comes its way." - Chicago Tribune Books
"A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon." - Time magazine
"Heartrending....[The Known World] walks with the pace and solemnity of the Bible." - Dallas Morning News
"[A] powerful, multigenerational saga." - Chicago Tribune Books
"Magnificent...Deeply felt and exquisitely executed, The Known World seems destined for a permanent spot on the...shelf of great American novels about slavery, next to Toni Morrison's Beloved and William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!" - Boston Globe
"Destined for a permanent spot on the...shelf of great American novels about slavery, next to Morrison...and Faulkner." - Boston Globe
"A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon." - Time
"Exceptional. . . .an achievement of epic scope and architectural construction." - New York Times Book Review
"Complex, beautifully written, and breathtaking...the book will knock the wind out of you with the depth of its compassion." - QBR: The Black Book Review
"Jones has written a book of tremendous moral intricacy." - The New Yorker
"An incredible saga." - Essence
"Stunning....Pitch-perfect....Too much cannot be said about Mr. Jones gifts as a storyteller and a stylist." - The Washington Times
"A major achievement." - Time Out New York
