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050 | _aPS3569.M39 | ||
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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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