A Thousand Acres
By
Jane Smiley
ISBN: 0006545483
Format: Small Paperback, 11cm by 17.5cm
Pages: 371
Publisher: Flamingo
Pub. year: 1992
Weight: 260 grams
Condition: Used, tight binding, light tanning to pages and inside covers, covers square & straight. Light signs of shelf and reading wear.
Synopsis
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.
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