A Thousand Acres (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400033836)

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

Author: Jane Smiley
ISBN-10: 1400033837
ISBN-13: 9781400033836
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2003
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.10w x 0.86d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10850 / Thousand Acres


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 02/27/2009 pg. 60
Entertainment Weekly 08/22/2014 pg. 113