A thousand acres : a novel / Jane Smiley ; with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett.

9781101907962 (hardcover)
1101907967 (hardcover)

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

English

xxxi, 409 pages ; 21 cm.

PS3569.M39 T47 2018

813/.54

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

"This is a Borzoi book"--Verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references and chronology of the author's life.

National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, 1991
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992.

Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 382.

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