The Known World

Author(s): Edward P. Jones

Modern & Contemporary Literature

An ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges from the past to the present, The Known World seamlessly weaves together the lives of the freed and the enslaved -- and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multi-dimensional world created by the institution of slavery.


Product Information

Winner of International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005.

Edward P. Jones won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was nominated for the National Book Award for his debut collection of stories, Lost in the City.

General Fields

  • : 9780007195305
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperPerennial
  • : 0.274
  • : 30 June 2004
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Edward P. Jones
  • : Edward P. Jones
  • : Modern fiction
  • : Modern fiction
  • : 400
  • : 400
  • : very good
  • : very good
  • : 813.54
  • : 813.54
  • : 5
  • : 5
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback