A Thousand Acres (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
by Smiley, Jane
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1101907967
- ISBN 13
- 9781101907962
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
A Thousand Acres is a 1991 novel by American author Jane Smiley. It won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name. The novel is a contemporary deconstruction of Shakespeare's King Lear and is set on a thousand acre (4 km²) farm in Iowa that is owned by a family of a father and his three daughters. It is told through the point of view of the oldest daughter, Ginny.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071319
- Title
- A Thousand Acres (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
- Author
- Smiley, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1101907967
- ISBN 13
- 9781101907962
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Keywords
- Fiction Novel
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