Overview
Region
Diaspora
USA
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
In antebellum Virginia, a free Black man owns slaves. After his death, his plantation unravels while the county sheriff — also a former slave — struggles to maintain order. A profound meditation on freedom and its perversions.
Literary Significance
Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award; one of the most formally accomplished American novels about slavery