A Thousand Acres[一千英亩]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jane Smiley 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2004-05
• ISBN 9780006544821
• 定价 84.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThePulitzerPrize-winning,bestsellingnovelfromoneofAmerica’sgreatestcontemporarywriters.
LarryCook’sfarmisthelargestinZebulonCounty,Iowa,andatributetohishardworkandsingle-mindedness.Proudandpossessive,hissuddendecisiontoretireandhandoverthefarmtohisthreedaughters,isdisarminglyuncharacteristic.
GinnyandRose,thetwoeldest,arestartledyeteagertoaccept,butCaroline,theyoungestdaughter,hasmisgivings.Immediately,herfathercutsherout.
InAThousandAcres,JaneSmileytransposestheKingLearstorytothemodernday,andinsodoingatonceilluminatesShakespeare’soriginalandsubtlytransformsit.ThisastonishingnovelwonbothofAmerica’shighestliteraryawards,thePulitzerPrizeforFictionandtheNationalBookCritics’CircleAward.

【作者简介】

JaneSmileyisoneofAmerica’sgreatestcontemporarynovelists.Theauthorofsevenothernovels,shetaughtatIowaStateUniversitybeforemovingtoCaliforniatoconcentrateonherwriting.