A Thousand Acres Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett |
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| Author:
| Smiley, Jane |
| Introduction by:
| Hughes-Hallett, Lucy |
| Series title: | Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-101-90796-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2018 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The only hardcover edition of the "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear (The New York Times Book Review). * EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. * With a new introduction. This powerful novel 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...
More Description PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The only hardcover edition of the "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear (The New York Times Book Review). * EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. * With a new introduction.
This powerful novel 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.