A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley
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A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley
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A Thousand Acres
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Jane Smiley
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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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