A thousand acres / by Jane Smiley ; with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
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TextSeries: Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]Copyright date: ©1991Description: xxxi, 409 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781101907962; 9781841593821Subject(s): Inheritance and succession -- Fiction | Parent and adult child -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Aging parents -- Fiction | Family farms -- Fiction | Farm life -- Fiction | Sisters -- Fiction | Iowa -- FictionDDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: 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.
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Originally published in 1991.
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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.
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