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基本信息·出版社：Amistad Press
·页码：432 页
·出版日期：2004年06月
·ISBN：0060557559
·条形码：9780060557553
·版本：第1版
·装帧：平装
·开本：20开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：已知世界(小说)
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Book DescriptionIn one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
About AuthorEdward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World; he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of short stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short-listed for the National Book Award. He has taught fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Book Dimension: length: (cm)20.5 width:(cm)13.5
编辑推荐 "An incredible saga." (Essence )^"A major achievement." (Time Out New York )^"Extraordinary.....Nothing...quite prepares readers for the imaginative leaps and technical prowess of 'The Known World.'" (Seattle Times )^"Once you start the book you are hooked....Consider this novel necessary reading." (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )^"One of those rare works of fiction that both wound and heal." (O Magazine )^"Jones has written a book of tremendous moral intricacy." (The New Yorker )^"A strong, intricate, daring book by a writer of deep compassion and uncommon gifts." (Peter Matthiessen )^"'The Known World' is a great novel, one that may eventually be placed with the best of American Literature." (San Diego Union-Tribune )^"If Jones. . .keeps up this level of work, he'll equal the best fiction Toni Morrison has written about being black in America." (Speakeasy )^"Complex, beautifully written, and breathtaking...the book will knock the wind out of you with the depth of its compassion." (QBR: The Black Book Review )^"Brilliant....Glorious....[The Known World] belongs on the shelf with other classics of slavery, like Toni Morrison's "Beloved." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution )^"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." (Starred Library Journal )^"Heartrending....[The Known World] walks with the pace and solemnity of the Bible." (Dallas Morning News )^"Stunning....Pitch-perfect....Too much cannot be said about Mr. Jones gifts as a storyteller and a stylist." (The Washington Times )^"Vivid....[An] epic novel." (Book Magazine )^"Stunning....His first novel is...likely to win acclaim." (New York Times )^"Fascinating . . .There is grief and fear, genuine affection an envy in this complex and fine novel." (Philadelphia Inquirer )^"Jones has written a book of tremendous moral intricacy." (The New Yorker )^"Beautifully written . . .[it] ought to enjoy the massive readership that Charles Frazier's runaway hit, Cold Mountain did." (USA Today )^"A stunning debut novel." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution )^"This...magical novel will touch you in a profound way." (People (4-Starred Critic's Choice) )^"A profoundly beautiful and insightful look at American slavery and human nature." (Booklist (starred) )^"Heartbreaking....fascinating." (Newsweek )^"A grand and inspired work of historical fiction. . .[It] deserves every word of praise that comes its way." (Chicago Tribune Books )^"[A] powerful, multigenerational saga." (Chicago Tribune Books )^"Destined for a permanent spot on the...shelf of great American novels about slavery, next to Morrison...and Faulkner." (Boston Globe )^"A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon." (Time magazine )^"Fascinating...poignant....[A] complex and fine novel." (Baltimore Sun )^"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) )^" 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 )^"Brilliant...Jones' novel movingly evokes one small landscape of a larger map that so stubbornly yields up its truths today" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch )
