7.6 /10 1 Votes
Country United States Publication date September 2003 Originally published 2003 Publisher HarperCollins | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 400 pp Genres History, Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cover artist Cover design by Laura Blost, Cover photograph copyright Eudora Welty Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Characters Augustus Townsend, Henry Townsend, William Robbins, Caldonia, Moses Awards Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Similar All Aunt Hagar's Children, Lost in the City, Gilead, The Brief Wondrous Life of Os, Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. Set in Virginia during the antebellum era, it examines the issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by both white and black Americans.
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- Awards and nominations
- References
The book was published to widespread acclaim from literary critics, with much praise directed at its story and Jones' prose. In particular, his ability to intertwine stories within stories received great praise from the New York Times.
The narration of The Known World is from the perspective of an omniscient figure who doesn't voice judgment. This allows the reader to experience the story without bias.
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Awards and nominations
The novel won a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004. In 2005 it won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the richest literary awards for a novel in the English language. It was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.
In 2009, website The Millions polled 48 critics, writers, and editors; the panel voted The Known World the second best novel since 2000.