The Known World: Olive Edition - Softcover

Jones, Edward P.

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9780062692344: The Known World: Olive Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062692348 ISBN 13: 9780062692344

Publisher: Perennial, 2017

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From Edward P. Jones comes 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--now available in a limited Olive Edition.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. Edward P. Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all its moral complexities. "A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon."--Time

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Review:

Breathtaking....A fascinating counterweight to Toni Morrison s Beloved....It is essential reading. --Entertainment Weekly"

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"

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 stunning debut novel. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Fascinating...poignant....[A] complex and fine novel. --Baltimore Sun"

A strong, intricate, daring book by a writer of deep compassion and uncommon gifts. --Peter Matthiessen"

Stunning....His first novel is...likely to win acclaim. --New York Times"

If Jones. . .keeps up this level of work, he ll equal the best fiction Toni Morrison has written about being black in America. --Speakeasy"

One of those rare works of fiction that both wound and heal. --O Magazine"

The Known World is a great novel, one that may eventually be placed with the best of American Literature. --San Diego Union-Tribune"

About the Author:

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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