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When a plantation proprietor and former slave--now possessing slaves of his own--dies, his household falls apart in the wake of a slave rebellion and corrupt underpaid patrollers who enable free black people to be sold into slavery.
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“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)
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“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)
Edward 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 stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short listed for the National Book Award. His second collection, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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