The Known World

Author : Edward P. Jones
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061746363
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Known World written by Edward P. Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The Known World 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. Edward P. Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all its moral complexities. “A masterpiece that deserves a place in the American literary canon.”—Time

Author : Edward P. Jones
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061159174
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Known World written by Edward P. Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work by Pulitzer Prize winner Edward P. Jones. The Known World 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. Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all its moral complexities.

Author : Edward P. Jones
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060749910
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Known World LP written by Edward P. Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 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.

Author : Robert Boswell
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 9781555970215
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Half-Known World written by Robert Boswell and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rigorous examination of the workings of fiction by the novelist Robert Boswell, "one of America's finest writers" (Tom Perrotta) Robert Boswell has been writing, reading, and teaching literature for more than twenty years. In this sparkling collection of essays, he brings this vast experience and a keen critical eye to bear on craft issues facing literary writers. Examples from masters such as Leo Tolstoy, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Munro illustrate this engaging discussion of what makes great writing. At the same time, Boswell moves readers beyond the classroom, candidly sharing the experiences that have shaped his own writing life. A chance encounter in a hotel bar leads to a fascinating glimpse into his imaginative process. And through the story of a boyhood adventure, Boswell details how important it is for writers to give themselves over to what he calls the "half-known world" of fiction, where surprise and meaning converge.

Author : Edward P. Jones
Publisher : Amistad Press
ISBN 13 : 9780060566289
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost in the City written by Edward P. Jones and published by Amistad Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the nation's capital, a collection of stories about African Americans living in Washington, D.C., introduces characters who struggle daily with loss--of family, of friends, of memories, and of themselves. Repritn. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Lisa Ann Sandell
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545069718
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Map of the Known World written by Lisa Ann Sandell and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devastated, along with her parents, by the death of her older brother and apprehensive about being a freshman in the same high school he attended, fourteen-year-old Cora finds unexpected solace in art.

Author : Olga Bogdashina
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857002392
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autism and the Edges of the Known World written by Olga Bogdashina and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new theories of sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and quantum mechanics, she looks at how the nature of the senses inform an individual's view of the world, and how language both reflects and constructs that view. Examining the 'whys' and 'hows' of the senses, and the role of language, Olga Bogdashina challenges common perceptions of what it means to be 'normal' and 'abnormal'. In doing so she shows that autism can help to illuminate our understanding of what it means to be human, and of how we develop faculties that shape our cognition, language, and behaviour. In the final chapter, she explores phenomena often associated with the paranormal - including premonitions, telepathy and déjà vu - and shows that these can largely be explained in natural terms. This book will appeal to anyone with a personal or professional interest in autism, including students and researchers, clinical practitioners, individuals on the autism spectrum and their families, teachers, speech and occupational therapists, and other professionals.

Author : Edward P. Jones
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060853514
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Aunt Hagar's Children LP written by Edward P. Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward P. Jones, a prodigy of the short story, returns to the form that first won him praise in this new collection of stories, All Aunt Hagar's Children. Here he turns an unflinching eye to the men, women, and children caught between the old ways of the South and the temptations that await them in the city, people who in Jones's masterful hands emerge as fully human and morally complex. With the legacy of slavery just a stone's throw behind them and the future uncertain, Jones's cornucopia of characters will haunt readers for years to come.

Author : Steven Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847284228
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Map of the Known World written by Steven Smith and published by . This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prester John rules the Known World with an iron grip. Through his servants, the fanatical Brotherhood of Redemption, his dominion stretches into every land. Meanwhile fourteen year old Elowen Aubyn lives a miserable life in an orphanage. Bullied by the other children and by the cruel Master, she dreams of escape and adventure, little realising that her dreams are about to become terrifyingly real. When an encounter with the mysterious Tom Hickathrift leaves Elowen in possession of an ancient map, she is forced to flee and to seek the Illuminati, a forbidden sect long opposed to Prester John. Pursued by deadly enemies, Elowen soon discovers that her journey is far more dangerous than she could have possibly imagined. For the map she carries holds a secret, a secret that could change the world forever... The first part of the TREE OF LIFE trilogy, The Map of the Known World takes you into a saga of forgotten magic, adventure and treachery that will grip both young and old.

Author : Cristina Henríquez
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594488559
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World in Half written by Cristina Henríquez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she's never thought that he wanted to know her. She's long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she's always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.