A Thousand Acres (Paperback)

from 1morechapter

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1992 This was one of the Pulitzers I had been looking forward to reading the most because farming has been in my family for generations. I always appreciate books that depict rural living. Farming is a way of life but it is also a business, and when business and fami...

from jayne_charles

I knew nothing about the plot of King Lear but as this novel is based on it, I did hurry off and google it. Crikey, what a convoluted story! I was glad this was easier to follow, though it did add an interesting element to my reading of it - trying to figure out who was being represented by which...

from Ma_Washigeri

A very vivid and well-written book showcasing a rural farming community in Iowa. I did not really want to give it four stars as I could have faced this better as history or sociology than as fiction. I hope it was well researched and based in truth as the picture given showed abuse of all kinds a...

from atreic

Story of King Lear retold in the American mid-West. One of those books that leaves you wondering what the difference is between really good fanfiction, and things that win the Pulitzer Prize. It seems stupid to complain that a King Lear retelling is a bit bleak, but, well, it is. This book is mos...

from phredfrancis

Not long ago, I read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, which for all its virtues, retold with a bit too much fidelity the essential plot of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The effect of that conformity to a story that most readers know well was to undercut the novel's surprises and drama. It also impelled the c...