The Known World.

JONES, Edward P.

$600.00

Item Number: 146333

New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Edward P. Jones on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laura Blost.

An ambitious, courageous, luminously written masterwork, The Known World seamlessly weaves the lives of the freed and the enslaved―and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery. The Known World not only marks the return of an extraordinarily gifted writer, it heralds the publication of a remarkable contribution to the canon of American classic literature. ” 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). “A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon” (Time).