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100 1 _aJane Smiley
245 1 _aA Thousand Acres
260 _bRandom House Publishing Group
300 _a400 pages
520 _aA successful Iowa farmer 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. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.
650 _aLiterary Fiction
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