A thousand acres

a novel

371 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 2003 by Anchor Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4000-3383-6
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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 between his three daughters. When the youngest 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 takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride—and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.

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Subjects

  • Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
  • Parent and adult child -- Fiction
  • Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
  • Aging parents -- Fiction
  • Family farms -- Fiction
  • Farm life -- Fiction
  • Sisters -- Fiction
  • Iowa -- Fiction