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A Thousand Acres [electronic resource] : A Novel. Jane Smiley.

Smiley, Jane. (Author).

Summary:

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear ( The New York Times Book Review ) that takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride—and centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters.  When the youngest daughter 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. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity. “A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart.... The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy.” — The Washington Post Book World

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 6
930 Lexile.
Subject:
Literature.
Fiction.

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