@article{231444, note = {Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991.}, author = {Smiley, Jane.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/231444}, title = {A thousand acres /}, publisher = {Ivy Books :}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {231444}, pages = {405 p. ;}, address = {New York :}, year = {1996}, }