The Known World - Couverture rigide

Jones, Edward P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060557540 ISBN 13 : 9780060557546

Editeur : Amistad, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Jones Edward P

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Jones has written a book of tremendous moral intricacy.” (The New Yorker)

“A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon.” (Time)

“Breathtaking....A fascinating counterweight to Toni Morrison’s Beloved....It is essential reading.” (Entertainment Weekly)

” An exemplar of historical fiction. . . [it] will subdue your preconceptions, enrich your perceptions and trouble your sleep.. . .The way Jones tells this story. . .recalls Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.” (Newsday)

” An exemplar of historical fiction. . . [it] will subdue your preconceptions, enrich your perceptions and trouble your sleep.. . .The way Jones tells this story. . .recalls Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.” (Starred Library Journal)

“Astonishingly rich. . .The particulars and consequences of the ‘right’ of humans to own other humans are dramatized with unprecedented ingenuity and intensity, in a harrowing tale that scarcely ever raises its voice. . . . It should be a major prize contender.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred))

“A stunning debut novel.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

“Fascinating...poignant....[A] complex and fine novel.” (Baltimore Sun)

“A strong, intricate, daring book by a writer of deep compassion and uncommon gifts.” (Peter Matthiessen)

“Stunning....His first novel is...likely to win acclaim.” (New York Times)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins's tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation -- as well as of 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 beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend estate, 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.

An ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges seamlessly between the past and future and back again to the present, The Known World weaves together the lives of freed and enslaved blacks, whites, and Indians -- and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Amistad
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060557540
• ISBN 13: 9780060557546
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400