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A Thousand Acres is a 1991 novel by American author Jane Smiley. It won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1991 and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name. It was premiered as an opera by the Des Moines Metro Opera during their 2022 season.
Jan 1, 1991 · Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer Prize winning A Thousand Acres takes most of its inspiration from King Lear, but works that soil with bountiful quantities of modern nutrients.
Dec 2, 2003 · An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.
Sep 19, 1997 · A Thousand Acres: Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh. A family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters.
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Jan 5, 2011 · A Thousand Acres: A Novel. Kindle Edition. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "powerful and poignant" twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear (The New York Times Book Review) that takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride—and centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between ...
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Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and loosely based on the events and characters in Shakespeare’s King Lear, A Thousand Acres is a tragic tale lyrically told. Read the full book summary, the full book analysis, and explanations of important quotes from A Thousand Acres.
