num_pages: 368
description: Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave, falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia, but when death takes Robbins unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, cannot uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: El mundo conocido
titlecomplete: El mundo conocido
genres: American, Book Club, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Race, African American, Fiction
ratings_count: 40929
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Debut Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Urano