The Resource A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
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The item A thousand acres, Jane Smiley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- 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
- eng
- Extent
- 621 pages (large print)
- Note
- "Thorndike large print"--P. [4] of cover
- Isbn
- 9781560543619
- Label
- A thousand acres
- Title
- A thousand acres
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Smiley
- Title variation
- 1000 acres
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- trueIowa
- Iowa -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueFarm life
- trueFamily secrets
- trueFamily farms
- Domestic fiction
- trueAlcoholic men
- trueInheritance and succession, Ficiton
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Parent and adult child -- Fiction
- Farm life -- Fiction
- Family farms -- Fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- trueSisters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueInterpersonal conflict
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueFarmers
- trueRetirement
- Aging parents -- Fiction
- trueDecision-making
- trueBooks to movies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- Larry Cook, an Iowan farmer who has worked a thousand acre plot owned by his family for generations, abruptly decides to leave his farm to his three daughters and retire. His two eldest daughters are pleased with the decision but his youngest daughter has been cut out by her father and is angry. As the daughters' activity on the land progresses, they notice a change in their father. Events begin to unfold that will threaten and destroy the family and their farm
- Award
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- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1991.
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1992.
- ALA Notable Book, 1993.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 056352
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smiley, Jane
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.M39
- LC item number
- T47 1992
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1564-1616
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Shakespeare, William
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Large type books
- Inheritance and succession
- Parent and adult child
- Fathers and daughters
- Aging parents
- Family farms
- Farm life
- Sisters
- Iowa
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
- Note
- "Thorndike large print"--P. [4] of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19963421
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 621 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781560543619
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper : lg. print)
- Lccn
- 92000052
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 92000052
- (Sirsi) a4164
- Label
- A thousand acres, Jane Smiley
- Note
- "Thorndike large print"--P. [4] of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19963421
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 621 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781560543619
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper : lg. print)
- Lccn
- 92000052
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 92000052
- (Sirsi) a4164
Subject
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- Aging parents -- Fiction
- trueAlcoholic men
- trueBooks to movies
- trueDecision-making
- trueDomestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueFamily farms
- Family farms -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueFamily secrets
- trueFarm life
- Farm life -- Fiction
- trueFarmers
- trueFathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
- trueInheritance and succession, Ficiton
- trueInterpersonal conflict
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueIowa
- Iowa -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- Parent and adult child -- Fiction
- trueRetirement
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Fiction
Genre
- trueAdaptations, retellings, and spin-offs
- trueBooks to movies
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1993
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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