The Known World

From National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power_x000D_
Henry Townsend, a farmer, boot maker, and former slave, through the surprising twists and unforeseen turns of life in antebellum Virginia, becomes proprietor of his own plantation–as well his own slaves. When he dies, his widow Caldonia succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their…