A Thousand Acres /
Smiley, Jane, 1949- ,
A Thousand Acres / Jane Smiley. - First Ballantine Books edition. Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. - New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1992. - 2 volumes (371 pages) : comb binding ; 38 cm
This large print book has been produced for print impaired students by the Resource Services Library, W. Ross Macdonald School, 350 Brant Avenue, Brantford Ontario, N3T 3J9. It may be returned to the Resource Services Library by mail, at no cost, if marked “Materials for the blind - post-free”.
A successful Iowa farmer 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. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear cast in 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.
Adult / General.
This work in alternate format is reproduced with the permission of the Canadian Reprography Collection. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1992 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction, 1992
92090058
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, King Lear --Fiction.
Family farms--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Iowa--Fiction.
Large type books.
FICTION / General.
F SMI
A Thousand Acres / Jane Smiley. - First Ballantine Books edition. Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. - New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1992. - 2 volumes (371 pages) : comb binding ; 38 cm
This large print book has been produced for print impaired students by the Resource Services Library, W. Ross Macdonald School, 350 Brant Avenue, Brantford Ontario, N3T 3J9. It may be returned to the Resource Services Library by mail, at no cost, if marked “Materials for the blind - post-free”.
A successful Iowa farmer 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. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear cast in 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.
Adult / General.
This work in alternate format is reproduced with the permission of the Canadian Reprography Collection. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1992 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction, 1992
92090058
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, King Lear --Fiction.
Family farms--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Iowa--Fiction.
Large type books.
FICTION / General.
F SMI