A Thousand Acres (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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A Thousand Acres (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Jane Smiley
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
Jane Smiley is the author of A Thousand Acres, as well as more than 10 other works of fiction, including Horse Heaven, Moo, and The Greenlanders, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001. She resides in the state of California's northwestern region.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400033836 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400033837 |
| Title | A Thousand Acres (Pulitzer Prize Winner) |
| Author | Jane Smiley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2003-12-02 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| 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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