A Thousand Acres
novel by Smiley
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A Thousand Acres is a novel by Jane Smiley that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. The novel is inspired by William Shakespeare's play King Lear and is set on an Iowa farm in the 1980s. It centers on the Cook family and explores themes of family relationships and farm life.123
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