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A Thousand Acres

A Novel

by Jane Smiley
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear (The New York Times Book Review) that takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride—and centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. 
When the youngest daughter 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, A Thousand Acres reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.
“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.” —The Washington Post Book World

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  • Release date

    January 5, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307787712

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307787712
      • File size: 1059 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 930
    • Text Difficulty: 4-6

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
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  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:930
  • Text Difficulty:4-6

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