A Thousand Acres: Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett [Hardcover]

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The only hardcover edition of the “powerful and poignant” (The New York Times Book Review) twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear • With a new introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett • EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS

This powerful novel centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will, which sets in motion a chain of events that brings dark truths to light. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres spins the most fundamental themes of truth, justice, love, and pride into a universally acclaimed masterpiece.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.“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

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