A Thousand Acres

Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Author Jane Smiley

Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Series Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series

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

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.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with…

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February 27, 2018

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JANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and 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.