A Thousand Acres - Tapa dura

" Brilliant. . . . Absorbing. . . . A thrilling work of art." -- "Chicago Sun-Times
"" A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. . . . The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." -- "The Washington Post Book World
"" Powerful and poignant." -- "The New York Times Book Review
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" Superb. . . . There seems to be nothing Smiley can' t write about fabulously well." -- "San Francisco Chronicle
"" It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. . . . A Thousand Acres" "[has] the prismatic quality of the greatest art." -- "Chicago Tribune
"" Absorbing. . . . Exhilarating. . . . An engrossing piece of fiction." -- "Time
"" A full, commanding novel. . . . A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. . . . Profoundly American." -- "The Boston Globe"

"Brilliant. . . . Absorbing. . . . A thrilling work of art." --"Chicago Sun-Times
""A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. . . . The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." --"The Washington Post Book World
""Powerful and poignant." --"The New York Times Book Review
"
"Superb. . . . There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." --"San Francisco Chronicle
""It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. . . . A Thousand Acres""[has] the prismatic quality of the greatest art." --"Chicago Tribune
""Absorbing. . . . Exhilarating. . . . An engrossing piece of fiction." --"Time
""A full, commanding novel. . . . A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. . . . Profoundly American." --"The Boston Globe"

Brilliant. . . . Absorbing. . . . A thrilling work of art. "Chicago Sun-Times
" A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. . . . The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy. "The Washington Post Book World
" Powerful and poignant. "The New York Times Book Review
"
Superb. . . . There seems to be nothing Smiley can t write about fabulously well. "San Francisco Chronicle
" It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. . . . A Thousand Acres" "[has] the prismatic quality of the greatest art. "Chicago Tribune
" Absorbing. . . . Exhilarating. . . . An engrossing piece of fiction. "Time
" A full, commanding novel. . . . A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. . . . Profoundly American. "The Boston Globe""

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 upon 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."