A Thousand Acres
by Smiley, Jane | New BookDescription
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear (The New York Times Book Review) that takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride--and centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest daughter objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity. "A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart.... The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." --The Washington Post Book World

Author(s): | Smiley, Jane |
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Book Type: | New Book |
Format: | Paperback |
ISBN-10: | 1400033837 |
EAN: | 9781400033836 |
Language: | English |
Number of Pages: | 384 |
Publication Date: | 2003-12-02 |
Publisher: | Vintage |
Weight: | 0.65 Pounds |
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