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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.
- Jane Smiley
- 367
- 1991
- October 23, 1991
Dec 2, 2003 · 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 his three daughters.
- 1991
- Jane Smiley
Jan 1, 2001 · Kindle $8.99. Rate this book. A Thousand Acres. Jane Smiley. 3.82. 68,828 ratings3,616 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.
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A Thousand Acres is a 1997 American drama film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Robards. It is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize -winning novel of the same name by Jane Smiley , which itself is a reworking of William Shakespeare 's King Lear .
- $7.9 million
- September 19, 1997 (US)
- $28 million
- Richard Hartley
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.
About A Thousand Acres. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The only hardcover edition of the “powerful and poignant” twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear (The New York Times Book Review). • EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. • With a new introduction.
