The Known WorldThe masterful, Pulitzer Prize winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust, and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American literature. Henry Townsend, previously enslaved and now a farmer and bootmaker, is one of the few Black masters in the South. Mentored by William Robbins, one of the most powerful men in Manchester