num_pages: 371
description: 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.
language: English
title: A Thousand Acres
titlecomplete: A Thousand Acres
characters: Larry Cook, Jess Clark, Ginny Cook-Smith, Caroline Cook, Peter Lewis, Ty Smith, Rose Cook-Lewis
genres: Fiction, Family, American, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 67356
places: Zebulon County (fictional), Iowa, The United States of America, Iowa
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Ballantine Books