{"product_id":"the-known-world-9780060557546","title":"The Known World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Townsend, a farmer, boot maker, and former slave, through the surprising twists and unforeseen turns of life in antebellum Virginia, becomes proprietor of his own plantation--as well his own slaves. When he dies, his widow Caldonia succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had once found love under the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend household, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave “speculators” sell free black people into slavery, and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An ambitious, courageous, luminously written masterwork, The Known World seamlessly weaves the lives of the freed and the enslaved--and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery. The Known World not only marks the return of an extraordinarily gifted writer, it heralds the publication of a remarkable contribution to the canon of American classic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060557546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.43w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e ALA Notable Books - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2003 pg. 928\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2003 pg. 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2003 pg. 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2003 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2003 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQbr the Black Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2003 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2003 pg. 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Sep\/Oct 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/26\/2003 pg. 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/29\/2003 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 776\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2003 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2004 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2004 pg. 1610\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2004 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e73563 \/ Known World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edward P. 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