A Thousand Acres

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Smiley, Smiley Jane
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781841593821
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-382-1
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 210 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS; Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, Iowa, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, a thousand acres