The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers. Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decision to retire and hand over the farm to his three daughters, is disarmingly uncharacteristic. Ginny and Rose, the two eldest, are startled yet eager to accept, but Caroline, the youngest daughter, has misgivings. Immediately, her father cuts her out. In A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley transposes the King Lear story to the modern day, and in so doing ...
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(Los Ángeles, California, 1949). Es autora de una veintena de obras de ficción y ensayo. Desde 2001 forma parte de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras. En Sexto Piso hemos publicado La edad del desconsuelo (1987; 2019), Un amor cualquiera (1989; 2020), La mejor voluntad (1989; 2021) y Heredarás la tierra (1991; 2023), que le valió el Premio Pulitzer de narrativa y el Premio Nacional de la Crítica (National Book Critics Circle Award). Un poco de suerte (2014; Sexto Piso 2025) es la primera parte de la Trilogía de los cien años, a la que le siguen Una advertencia (2015) y La edad dorada (2015).