The Known World
Second edition cover
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| Author | Edward P. Jones |
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| Cover artist | Cover design by Laura Blost, Cover photograph copyright Eudora Welty, LLC; Eudora Welty |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical, Novel |
| Publisher | Amistad Press |
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Publication date
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September 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 400 pp |
| ISBN | 0-06-055754-0 |
| OCLC | 51519698 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3560.O4813 K58 2003 |
The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. Set in antebellum Virginia, it examines the issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by both white and black Americans.
The book was published to widespread acclaim from literary critics, with much praise directed at its story and Jones' prose.
Awards and nominations
The novel won a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004.[1][2] In 2005 it won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the richest literary awards for a novel in the English language.[3] It was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.[4]
In 2009, website The Millions polled 48 critics, writers, and editors; the panel voted The Known World the second best novel since 2000.[5]
References
- ↑ National Book Critics Circle Award past winners, Official Website.
- ↑ 'The Known World' Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The New York Times.
- ↑ "The Known World by Edward P. Jones wins the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award", Official Website.
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Scholarship
- Tim A. Ryan, “Mapping the Unrepresentable: Slavery Fiction in the New Millennium.” Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery since Gone with the Wind. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 2008: 185-208.
External links
Interviews
- Edward P. Jones on 'The Known World', official HarperCollins interview.
- Interview with the author, transcript from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, September 19, 2003
- 'The Known World', audio from National Public Radio, Morning Edition, October 28, 2003
- The Known World on Open Library at the Internet Archive
Reviews
- 'The Known World', review in Pop Matters, by Stephen M. Deusner, 5 January 2004
- 'The Known World' review in storySouth, 2005
- 'The Known World', review in The Washington Post, by Jonathan Yardley, August 24, 2003
- "People who owned people", review in The New York Times, by John Vernon, August 31, 2003
- "A transcendent story of slavery unfolds in black and white", review in The Boston Globe, by John Freeman, October 19, 2003
Misc
- Photos of the first edition of The Known World
- Two-part essay on Jones' use of a godlike omniscient narrator in "The Known World": Part 1, Part 2.
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Recipients of the International Dublin Literary Award
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If the winning book is a translation, the prize is divided between the writer and the translator, with the writer receiving €75,000 and the translator €25,000.
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