num_pages: 480
description: This multi-generational novel ranges over the history of the Hudson River Valley from the late seventeenth century to the late 1960s with low humor, high seriousness, and magical, almost hallucinatory prose. It follows the interwoven destinies of families of Indians, lordly Dutch patrons, and yeomen.
language: English
title: World's End
titlecomplete: World's End
genres: American, Short Stories, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 4236
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Penguin Books