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A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

The only hardcover edition of Jane Smiley's most famous novel--King Lear on an Iowa farm--which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASICS. With a new introduction.

This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will, which sets in motion a chain of events that brings dark truths to light. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres spins the most fundamental themes of truth, justice, love, and pride into a universally acclaimed masterpiece.
JANE SMILEY is the author of many books for adults, including Private Life, Horse Heaven, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Thousand Acres. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001.
Jane lives in Northern California, where she rides horses every chance she gets. She is also the author of four other novels for young readers in the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch series: The Georges and the Jewels, A Good Horse, True Blue, and Pie in the Sky.

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13 9781101907962
ISBN 10 1101907967
Title A Thousand Acres
Author Jane Smiley
Series Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2018-02-27
Number of pages 456
Prizes Winner of National Book Critics Circle Awards 1991, Winner of Pulitzer Prize 1992
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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