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Thousand Acres

by Jane Smiley

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Awards

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award
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A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest 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. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeares King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.

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A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest 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. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeares King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.
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About the Author

Jane Smiley is the author of more than ten works of fiction, including Good Faith, Horse Heaven, Moo, and The Greenlanders. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780449907481
Subtitle:
A Novel
Author:
Smiley, Jane
Publisher:
Anchor
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
Sagas
Subject:
Sisters
Subject:
Fathers and daughters
Subject:
Iowa
Subject:
Allegories
Subject:
Family farms
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Family farms -- Fiction.
Copyright:
1992
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Ballantine reader's circle
Series Volume:
107-125
Publication Date:
20031202
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8 x 5.1 x .8 in .65 lb
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"Synopsis" by , A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest 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. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeares King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.
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