A THOUSAND ACRES
by SMILEY, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Slight foxing to top edge of bulked text. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
A Thousand Acres is a 1991 novel by American author Jane Smiley. It won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name. The novel is a contemporary deconstruction of Shakespeare's King Lear and is set on a thousand acre (4 km²) farm in Iowa that is owned by a family of a father and his three daughters. It is told through the point of view of the oldest daughter, Ginny.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004840
- Title
- A THOUSAND ACRES
- Author
- SMILEY, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight foxing to top edge of bulked text. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Women's Literature, Modern Firsts, Pulitzer Prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulitzer Prize;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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