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Title
A thousand acres / Jane Smiley.
Author
Smiley, Jane.
Edition
1st Domestic Ballantine Books mass market ed.
ISBN
0804115761
Imprint
New York : Ivy Books : Ballantine Books, 1996, c1991.
Language
English
Description
405 p. ; 18 cm.
Call Number
Smiley
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.54
Summary
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.
Note
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1991.
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