A Thousand Acres - by Jane Smiley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's <i>King Lear</i> centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest 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, <i>A Thousand Acres</i> takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride--and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Brilliant. . . . Absorbing. . . . A thrilling work of art." --<i>Chicago Sun-Times <p/></i>"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." --<i>The Washington Post Book World <p/></i>"Powerful and poignant." --<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i><br>"Superb. . . . There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle <p/></i>"It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. . . . <b>A Thousand Acres</b><i> </i>[has] the prismatic quality of the greatest art." --<i>Chicago Tribune <p/></i>"Absorbing. . . . Exhilarating. . . . An engrossing piece of fiction." --<i>Time <p/></i>"A full, commanding novel. . . . A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. . . . Profoundly American." --<i>The Boston Globe</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including <i>A Thousand Acres, </i>which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, <i>Golden Age, </i> the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.
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