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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.
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Jan 1, 1991 · A Thousand Acres. Jane Smiley. 3.82. 69,285 ratings3,667 reviews. Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm—one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa—to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny, and Rose.
Sep 19, 1997 · A Thousand Acres. 1997. R. 1h 45m. IMDb RATING. 6.1 /10. 5.8K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 2:47. 1 Video. 50 Photos. Drama. A family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters. Director. Jocelyn Moorhouse. Writers. Jane Smiley. Laura Jones. Stars. Michelle Pfeiffer. Jessica Lange. Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Jan 5, 2011 · Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.
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Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity. “A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart…. The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy.”.
Aug 29, 1996 · Details. Sold by: Amazon.com. Roll over image to zoom in. Read sample. Follow the Author. Jane Smiley. A Thousand Acres Audio CD – August 29, 1996. by Jane Smiley (Author) 4.1 2,410 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $9.99 Read with Our Free App. Audio CD. $32.49 2 New from $32.49.
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Dec 2, 2003 · An effective reimagining of King Lear set in the American Midwest, A Thousand Acres is the story of one daughter cut out of her family’s will and the spiral that follows. Built around a singular family, this is the story of connections and divides and resonates with profoundly American themes.
Intro. A Thousand Acres Summary. Next. Book 1, Chapter 1. Larry Cook is a prominent Midwestern farmer with three daughters, Ginny (the eldest, and the narrator of the novel), Rose, and Caroline, the youngest.
Jan 5, 2011 · 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...
