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A thousand acres

Smiley, Jane2018
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This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear centres 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.
Main title:
A thousand acres / by Jane Smiley ; with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
Author:
Smiley, JaneHughes-Hallett, Lucy, writer of introduction
Imprint:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.©1991.
Collation:
409 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781841593821 (hardback)
Language:
English
BRN:
361149
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