A THOUSAND ACRES
by SMILEY, JANE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges gilt. Cover and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about author and book are laid-in. First published in 1991, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992, was adapted to film in 1997. The novel is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's "King Lear". 371pp.. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.
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
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014927
- Title
- A THOUSAND ACRES
- Author
- SMILEY, JANE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- Demy Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Signed Edition, Autograph, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Gilt
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- Laid-in
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