@article{809050, recid = {809050}, author = {Smiley, Jane, and Hughes-Hallett, Lucy,}, title = {A thousand acres : a novel /}, pages = {xxxi, 409 pages ;}, note = {"This is a Borzoi book"--Verso of title page.}, abstract = {"The only hardcover edition of Jane Smiley's most famous novel--King Lear on an Iowa farm--which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. With a new introduction. 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"--}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/809050}, }