The Known World
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| Author | Edward P. Jones |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Historical, Novel |
| Publisher | Amistad Press |
| Released | September 2003 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 400 p. (hardback edition) & 432 p. (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-055754-0 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-06-055755-9 (paperback edition) |
| Preceded by | Lost in the City |
| Followed by | n/a |
The Known World is Edward P. Jones' first novel and second book, published in 2003. Set in antebellum Virginia, It examines issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by free black people as well as by whites. A book with many points of view, The Known World paints an enormous canvas thick with personalities and situations that show how slavery destroys but can also be transcended.
[edit] Awards and nominations
The novel won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2004 and the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
| Preceded by Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2004 |
Succeeded by Gilead by Marilynne Robinson |
[edit] External links
- The most honored novels: The Known World has received numerous honors and is near the top of the list
Here are links to two interviews with the author
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec03/jones_9-19.html
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/known_world2.asp#interview
and to an analysis of the novel as an example of postmodern historical/historiographical fiction
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/english/21st-century/t_ryan.htm
