A Thousand Acres Smiley, Jane

A Thousand Acres

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers.

Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decision to retire and hand over the farm to his three daughters, is disarmingly uncharacteristic.

Ginny and Rose, the two eldest, are startled yet eager to accept, but Caroline, the youngest daughter, has misgivings. Immediately, her father cuts her out.

In A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley transposes the King Lear story to the modern day, and in so doing at once illuminates Shakespeare's original and subtly transforms it. This astonishing novel won both of America's highest literary awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle Award.



PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780006544821
BY (AUTHOR) Smiley, Jane
PUBLISHER : HarperCollins Publishers PUBLICATION DATE : September 01, 1992
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : HarperPerennial
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 280 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items
DESCRIPTION : The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers. Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decision to retire and hand over the farm to his three daughters, is disarmingly uncharacteristic. Ginny and Rose, the two eldest, are startled yet eager to accept, but Caroline, the youngest daughter, has misgivings. Immediately, her father cuts her out. In A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley transposes the King Lear story to the modern day, and in so doing at once illuminates Shakespeare's original and subtly transforms it. This astonishing novel won both of America's highest literary awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle Award. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780006544821 BY (AUTHOR) Smiley, Jane PUBLISHER : HarperCollins Publishers PUBLICATION DATE : September 01, 1992 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : HarperPerennial LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 280 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items