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Three years after the publication of his much-heralded, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Known World, Edward P. Jones returned with an elegiac, luminous masterpiece, All Aunt Hagar's Children. In these fourteen sweeping and sublime stories, Jones resurrects the minor characters in his first award-winning story collection, Lost in the City. The result is vintage Jones: powerful, magisterial tales that showcase his ability to probe the complexities and tenaciousness of the human spirit.

All Aunt Hagar's Children is filled with people who call...

»Eines der seltenen Bücher, die Wunden aufreißen und zugleich heilen.« Oprah Magazine 

Henry Townsend, ein ehemaliger Schuhmacher und Sklave, ist selbst Sklavenhalter und Besitzer einer Farm geworden. Als er stirbt, zerbricht das fragile Gefüge. Seine Witwe Caldonia erstarrt in Trauer; Sklaven entfliehen; Familien, die unter dem Gewicht der Unfreiheit zusammenhielten, beginnen einander zu betrügen; weiße Patrouillen sehen zu, wie freie Schwarze in die Sklaverei verkauft werden.  

Edward P. Jones' Meisterwerk handelt davon, wie die Institution...

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...

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...