A Thousand Acres

ISBN-13: 9781400033836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 384 str.

Jane Smiley

Opis

This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare s King Lear centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acrestakes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity."