A Thousand Acres
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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 Shakespeare's 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 Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley
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- Released
- 1992
- Book condition
- Good
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- Title
- A Thousand Acres
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jane Smiley
- Publisher
- Fawcett Columbine
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0449907481
- ISBN13
- 9780449907481
- Category
- World prose
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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 Shakespeare's 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.