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Original Title:	The Known World
ISBN:	0061159174 (ISBN13: 9780061159176)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2004), Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2004), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2003), Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Debut Fiction (2004), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2003) International Dublin Literary Award (2005)

The Known World

Edward P. Jones

Paperback | Pages: 388 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 33424 Users | 3120 Reviews

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Title	:	The Known World
Author	:	Edward P. Jones
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Later Printing edition
Pages	:	Pages: 388 pages
Published	:	August 29th 2006 by Amistad (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. African American

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One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones. The Known World 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. 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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Ratings: 3.83 From 33424 Users | 3120 Reviews

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2.5-stars, really.here is a perfect example of a books i should love, and yet.... i didn't. the book was a lot of work and, for me, very little reward. i think most of my issues are because of the style/structure of the novel: * the third-person, omniscient narrator - this was distracting from very early on in the read. i held off judging it. i wanted to trust jones and his choice.* non-linear narrative - i don't tend to have problems with this at all, but i found it super-clunky here. also

A very complex and beautiful, compelling book about Henry, a former slave who becomes a slave owner, & his wife Caldonia. But they're just the start - the book is really a series of stories & vignettes about the families, friends, neighbors & community surrounding Henry & Caldonia. It took me a really long time to get into the book, because there are so many characters, some important & some not, & the book jumps around in time, making it difficult to follow. Trust me,

Manchester County, Virginia doesn't exist. Never has. After reading The Known World, however, you'd be forgiven if you thought you could take a tour of it's plantations and slave cemetaries on your vacation to colonial Williamsburg. The complicated pre-civil war Southern society that Edward P. Jones creates feels as real and surreal as any factual history of slavery you've read. It was not so much the story of Henry Townsend, a black slave owner, and all the people that his death allows us to

I know this is a critically acclaimed book, a Pulitzer winner, and a book tackling a difficult and complex stain on America history: slavery and black slave owners. There are moments when the book does say some interesting things or reveal some unsavory and uncomfortable truths, but it was so hard to engage with as a reader. I mean, I hung in with DFW through the first 600 pages of Infinite Jest where nothing happens -- but because I was fascinated by Hal, Orin, Marathe, Steeply, and Mario and

A knockout! Doesn't he have a new book coming out in the New Year? Soon I hope. He's a wonderful writer. Why hasn't Oprah made this into a film? What's she waiting for?

This was the final assigned reading for my Introduction to Fiction class and it was SO GOOD. The omniscient third-person narrator takes some adjustment, but once you get into the voice, the book is grand. So many incredible characters populate Jones fictitious Virginia county and the discussion Ive had on this book in class has been incredible. When considering the Great American Novel, The Known World should absolutely be part of that discussion. Chris Arnonefrom The Best Books We Read In

there is that old adage that a good book will tell you how to read it. and i have no idea to whom that should be attributed, only that my undergrad professors seemed to have been born to quote that thought endlessly: in my gothic lit class, my enlightenment class, my victorian lit class... the african and irish lit professors mostly kept their mouths shut on the subject. but the rest - hoo boy - did they love to drag that old chestnut out... and it makes sense, to a certain degree. but this book