A Thousand Acres

Name: A Thousand Acres
Author: Jane Smiley

by Jane Smiley

A farmer's daughters face betrayal and tragedy as hidden family secrets destroy their world

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Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley is an American author whose A Thousand Acres, a retelling of King Lear set on an Iowa farm, won the Pulitzer Prize. Her range across genres including historical fiction, literary fiction, and the picaresque demonstrates an unusually versatile literary intelligence.

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