Thousand Acres

Marguerite Duras

earliest edition we have, 1996 Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, 1996 audiobook 1 pages

"The only hardcover edition of Jane Smiley's most famous novel--King Lear on an Iowa farm--which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. With a new introduction. This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear 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 bring...

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Thousand Acres edition · 2018 · Everyman · 456 pages · 9781841593821
A Thousand Acres hardcover · 2018 · Everyman's Library · 456 pages · 9781101907962
A Thousand Acres audiobook · 1996 · Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781664427464

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