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Edward P. Jones - The Known World - 9780007195305 - KMK0022203
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The Known World

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Description for The Known World paperback. Masterful, Pulitzer-prize winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy

Masterful, Pulitzer-prize winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American literature.

Henry Townsend, a black farmer, boot maker, and former slave, becomes proprietor of his own plantation – as well as his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families ... Read more

An ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges from the past to the present, The Known World seamlessly weaves together the lives of the freed and the enslaved – and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multi-dimensional world created by the institution of slavery.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Amistad
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007195305
SKU
KMK0022203
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was nominated for the National Book Award for his debut collection of stories, Lost in the City.

Reviews for The Known World
'A very moving epic' Andrea Levy, author of Small Island 'Majestic …[its] cumulative effect devastates' Daily Telegraph 'A moral epic, skilfully and sensitively constructed' Sunday Times ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Known World


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