This is a film tie-in edition for A THOUSAND ACRES.

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OF THE NOVEL: A thousand acres, a piece of land of almost mythic proportions. Upon this fertile, nourishing earth, Jane Smiley has set her rich, breathtakingly dramatic novel of an American family whose wealth cannot stay the hand of tragedy. It is the intense, compelling story of a father and his daughters, of sisters, of wives and husbands, and of the human cost of a lifetime spent trying to subdue the land and the passions it stirs. The most critically acclaimed novel of the literary season, a classic story of contemporary American life, A THOUSAND ACRES is destined to be read for years to come.

"It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt . . . . Its genius grows from its ruthless acceptance of the divided nature of every character . . . . This gives A THOUSAND ACRES the prismatic quality of the greatest art." -- Chicago Tribune

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award

OF THE FILM: From Wikipedia:

A Thousand Acres is a 1997 American drama film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Robards.

Jane Smiley's novel is a reworking of William Shakespeare's King Lear. Character Larry Cook is a Lear figure; Characters Ginny, Rose and Caroline represent Lear's daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. The dramatic catalyst in both works is the division of the father's estate among his three offspring, causing bitter rivalry and ultimately leading to tragedy.

Today I found this book that I intended to read back in 2007, 17 years ago. I think it is well past time to let another reader have a chance with it. This is the movie tie-in paperback. The film was released in 1997.

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Found this book in a Little Library in my neighborhood. I really got sucked into the story and finished it overnight! A picture in turn idyllic and nightmarish of rural life and family life.
I will release it back into the wild (in another little library) tomorrow for the next reader to enjoy.