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USA
Contemporary
English
Fiction
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
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editorial-summarynot primary textIn 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. Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award; one of the most formally accomplished American novels about slavery
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