Ten Thousand Acres

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Ten Thousand Acres is a chilling chronicle of the lives of two unlikely lovers, and their struggle to overcome the harrowing harshness of the American Frontier, during one of the harshest and darkest periods in American history.4/5(8).

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She is 5/5. Ten Thousand Acres: a love Story [Patrice Newell] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ten Thousand Acres: a love Story: Patrice Newell: : Books. This is a book club review of A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. Our book club had seven women present who read the book in entirety, ages 31 to This was our 52nd read and our fifth Pulitzer.

We rate books on their quality and readability, as well as the discussion they by: This is a book club review of A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. Our book club had seven women present who read the book in entirety, ages 31 to This was our 52nd read and our fifth Pulitzer.

We rate books on their quality and readability, as well as the discussion they prompt/5(). A Thousand Acres, told from the middle of three daughters, is a story about a small farming community in rural Iowa during the mids and is loosely based on King Lear. A bunch of tragic shit happens that is mostly the fault of the men/5(K).

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by Patrice Newell | Jan 1, Hardcover. It’s no secret that A Thousand Acres is based on William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy King Lear. Where Shakespeare’s work is about an elderly king who tries to divide up his property between his three daughters, Regan, Goneril, and Cordelia, Smiley’s novel is about an elderly farmer, Larry Cook, who tries to divide up his property between his three daughters, Rose, Ginny, and Caroline.

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With Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards. "King Lear" set on a farm in Iowa/10(5K). Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, Golden Age, the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults/5(81).

Written inA Thousand Acres is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by author Jane Smiley. A film adaptation was released in starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange. The story takes place in a small farming town in Iowa and centers around the Cook n: Ten Thousand Acres - A Love Story Lantern; With her partner Phillip Adams, she is the compiler of several books of jokes: The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes () The Penguin Book of Jokes from Cyberspace () The Penguin Book of More Australian Jokes () The Penguin Book of Schoolyard Jokes ()Children: 1.

Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Anchor Books edition of A Thousand Acres published in Book 1, Chapter 3 Quotes There was no way to tell by looking that the land beneath my childish feet wasn’t the primeval mold I read about in school, but it was new, created by magic lines of tile my father.

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After. Rita Kempley wrote in The Washington Post: "Jane Smiley's novel A Thousand Acres has been called "King Lear in the cornfields," but the eagerly awaited screen adaptation is but a skeletal litany of miscarriages, mastectomies, sexual abuse, public humiliations and private on: A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley.National Book Critics Circle Award Winner questions, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley is the author of more than ten works of fiction, including Good Faith, Horse Heaven, Moo.A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy.

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