Jan 6, 2010

A Thousand Acres | Related Titles

A Thousand Acres culminates a series of earlier works in which Smiley explored the relationships within families with domineering parents and the control of land. In Barn Blind (1980), Katherine Karlson removes her husband and children to rural Illinois where she single-mindedly pursues her dream of training a national and international equestrian champion through her four children and students. The consequences are emotionally calamitous for the husband and children and lead to the breakup of the family. The novel At Paradise Gate (1981), told from the point of view...