A Thousand Acres (Paperback, Reissue)

Gripping family drama set in the Great Plains. The towering figure of the three Cook sisters' father gradually topples, which results in the division, then loss, of the thousand acres of farmland that has sustained three generations and causes the family skeletons to rise from the fields. Ginny and Rose between them brought up their sister Caroline, who became a lawyer while the elder sisters married and stayed on the farm. In a Lear-like scenario, complete with storm, Caroline is cut off by Daddy but later turns the senile old man against the other two. Sibling rivalry, incest, patriarchy, love, ingratitude and responsibility add up to a Pulitzer Prize-winning effort. And this intense, intelligent novel also raises questions of modern agricultural practice, pollution and pacifism. (Kirkus UK)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers. 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. This astonishing novel won both of America's highest literary awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle Award.

General

Imprint:	HarperPerennial
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1992
Authors:	Jane Smiley
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	371
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-654482-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-00-654482-7
Barcode:	9780006544821

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