A Thousand Acres - Couverture souple

Smiley, Jane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007268351 ISBN 13 : 9780007268351

Editeur : HarperPerennial, 2008

Synopsis

The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers, repackaged as part of the Perennial fiction promotion. Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decision to retire and hand over the farm to his three daughters, is disarmingly uncharacteristic. Ginny and Rose, the two eldest, are startled yet eager to accept, but Caroline, the youngest daughter, has misgivings. Immediately, her father cuts her out. In 'A Thousand Acres', Jane Smiley transposes the 'King Lear' story to the modern day, and in so doing at once illuminates Shakespeare's original and subtly transforms it. This astonishing novel won both of America's highest literary awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics' Circle Award.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jane Smiley is one of America's greatest contemporary novelists. The author of seven other novels, she taught at Iowa State University before moving to California to concentrate on her writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperPerennial
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0007268351
• ISBN 13: 9780007268351
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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