The Known World
Edward P. Jones • Amistad • ISBN-13 978‑0060557553
The Known World
ISBN-10: 0060557540 · ISBN-13: 978‑0060557553 · 2004
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Set in antebellum Virginia, Edward P. Jones’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel examines the complex moral landscape of Manchester County, where a black man named Henry Townsend becomes a plantation owner and slaveholder. Through a sprawling, multi-generational narrative, the text interrogates the intricate power dynamics and dehumanizing structures of the institution of slavery. The work is noted for its meticulous historical detail and its unflinching exploration of the complicity inherent in the American slave system.
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