1. Awards and nominations

2. References

3. Further reading

4. External links

The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. Set in Virginia during the antebellum era, 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. In particular, his ability to intertwine stories within stories received great praise from The New York Times.^[1]

The narration of The Known World is from the perspective of an omniscient figure who does not voice judgment.^[2] This allows the reader to experience the story without bias.^[2]

Awards and nominations

The novel won a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004.^[3][4] In 2005 it won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the richest literary awards for a novel in the English language.^[5] It was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.^[6]

In 2009, website The Millions polled 48 critics, writers, and editors; the panel voted The Known World the second best novel since 2000.^[7]

References

Further reading

• {{cite book |first=Tim A. |last=Ryan |chapter=Mapping the Unrepresentable: Slavery Fiction in the New Millennium |title=Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery since Gone with the Wind |location=Baton Rouge |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-8071-3322-4 |pages=185–208 |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=N-YFQOLdTjgC&pg=PA185 }}

External links

• Edward P. Jones on 'The Known World', official HarperCollins interview.
• [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec03/jones_9-19.html Interview with the author], transcript from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, September 19, 2003
• [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1476600 'The Known World'], audio from National Public Radio, Morning Edition, October 28, 2003
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• 'The Known World', review in Pop Matters, by Stephen M. Deusner, 5 January 2004
• 'The Known World' review in storySouth, 2005
• [https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A29251-2003Aug21 'The Known World'], review in The Washington Post, by Jonathan Yardley, August 24, 2003
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/31/books/review/31VERNONT.html "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

• 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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