A Thousand Acres: Jane Smiley (Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics) - Hardcover

Smiley, Jane

 
9781841593821: A Thousand Acres: Jane Smiley (Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1841593826 ISBN 13: 9781841593821
Verlag: Everyman, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear 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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, Golden Age, the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.

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This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear 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.

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Verlag
Everyman
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1841593826
ISBN 13 
9781841593821
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
456
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