![]() ![]() ![]() She painted a picture of isolation in a great expanse, of solitude-of creeping, haunting solitude-that only occurs when you are surrounded by unchanging scenery. Instead of sensationalized, Smiley presented me with something a little different. ![]() So I came to this book looking for scandal, the way I always wanted to read something sensational, taboo or banned (I try to pull a few titles from the Banned Book list every year and read them just because they’re banned). My professor went to school with Smiley and said that when the author sat down to re-invent King Lear she came to the story with the perspective that Lear sexually abused his daughters. I came to Smiley through a love of Shakespeare-during a Global Shakespeare film class where we were watching Kozintev’s take on King Lear, we got into a discussion about Lear’s relationship with his daughters and conversation came to A Thousand Acres. ![]()
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