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Chargement... A Thousand Acres (édition 1992)par Smiley Jane
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Does this sound familiar? At the opening of Jane Smiley's latest novel, "A Thousand Acres," the narrator, a woman named Virginia Cook Smith, describes the farm in Zebulon County, Iowa, that she and her two younger sisters, Rose and Caroline, have grown up on: "Paid for, no encumbrances, as flat and fertile, black, friable and exposed as any piece of land on the face of the earth." And then comes the shock of recognition. In 1979, the three sisters' father, Laurence (Larry) Cook, decides to form a corporation out of his farm holdings and give each of his daughters a third of it. What do they think of the plan? "It's a good idea," says the oldest, who is called Ginny. "It's a great idea," says the second daughter, Rose. "I don't know," says the youngest, Caroline, who is a lawyer. "You don't want it, my girl, you're out," says Larry to Caroline. "It's as simple as that." So the farm is divided into two instead of three, with Ginny and Rose to take turns looking after Larry. And a tragedy of ingratitude, madness and generational conflict begins. . . . Est en version abrégée dansA été inspiré parPossède un guide de référence avecContient un guide de lecture pour étudiantContient un guide pour l'enseignantPrix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
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Le cadre : fin des années 70, une exploitation agricole, un héritage qui déchire une famille et des couples.
Ce roman a été récompensé par le prix Pulitzer en 1991. ( )