A Thousand Acres
On a vast Iowa farm, the relationship between a father and his three daughters collapses along with the violence hidden inside it.
Work Information
Beneath the fertile land lie family silence and injury.
A contemporary American novel that reworks King Lear through farm inheritance and buried family secrets.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Published
- 1991-10-23
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 16.51 x 3.81 x 24.13 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780394577739
- ISBN-10
- 0394577736
- Price
- 7436 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Contemporary
A thousand acres, a piece of land of almost mythic proportions. Upon this fertile, nourishing earth, Jane Smiley has set her rich, breathtakingly dramatic novel of an American family whose wealth cannot stay the hand of tragedy. It is the intense, compelling story of a father and his daughters, of sisters, of wives and husbands, and of the human cost of a lifetime spent trying to subdue the land and the passions it stirs. The most critically acclaimed novel of the literary season, a classic story of contemporary American life, A THOUSAND ACRES is destined to be read for years to come. "It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt . . . . Its genius grows from its ruthless acceptance of the divided nature of every character . . . . This gives A THOUSAND ACRES the prismatic quality of the greatest art." -- Chicago Tribune Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jane Smiley is the author of more than ten works of fiction, including Good Faith , Horse Heaven , Moo , and The Greenlanders . In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Reviews
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Purchased this as part of my study with University. The novel draws from the Shakespearean King Lear and creates a modern interpretation set in contemporary America. It won the Pulitzer Prize and its hard not to see why. Great read.
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This is a family saga, all can benefit from reading.
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Facil de leer y me ha gustado bastante
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Conservative farming families are the central characters in this novel. Struggles to achieve a successful farm subjugate all other desires. Throw in infidelity and betrayals and you have a riveting novel that will keep you reading long after bedtime.
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A brilliant novel.
Related Literary Awards
- Pulitzer Prize Edition 76 (1992) ・Winner