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The Known World

Edward P. Jones

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The Known World is one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The novel tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order, and chaos ensues. Edward P. Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all its moral complexities.

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Publisher
Harper Collins
Year
2009
ISBN-13
9780061746369
Genre
Fiction
Topics
SlaveryRace relationsMoral complexityAmerican South historyPower and ownership

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