by Jane Smiley · SEXTO PISO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788419261465
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For generations, Larry Cook's family has worked hard to transform a swampy land into a prosperous farm in Iowa. Larry decides to give the property to his three daughters, Ginny, Rose, and Caroline, who react differently. Caroline, a lawyer in the city, shows reluctance, leading Larry to exclude her from the inheritance. This act triggers a series of events that reveal the complexity of family relationships, attachment to the land, and past traumas. The novel, which reinterprets the tragedy of King Lear, explores themes such as loyalty, illness, and the conflicts of being a woman in a transforming rural world.
Jane Smiley is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).
