Jane Smiley's most famous novel, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear centres on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will, which sets in motion a chain of events that brings dark truths to light. Stunningly written, A Thousand Acres spins the most fundamental themes of truth, justice, love, and pride into an acclaimed masterpiece.