A Thousand Acres: Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Contemporary Classics)

by Professor Jane Smiley

Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Introduction)

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The only hardcover edition of the "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear (The New York Times Book Review). • EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. • With a new introduction.

This powerful novel centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will, which sets in motion a chain of events that brings dark truths to light. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres spins the most fundamental themes of truth, justice, love, and pride into a universally acclaimed masterpiece.
  • ISBN10 1101907967
  • ISBN13 9781101907962
  • Publish Date 27 February 2018 (first published 28 March 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Everyman's Library USA