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A Thousand Acres /

Smiley, Jane, 1949-

A Thousand Acres / Jane Smiley - New York Everyman's Library 2017. - 456 p. 21 cm

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.

ISBN: 1841593826 9781841593821

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Family farms--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social conditions.--Fiction

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