1991 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner
![A Thousand Acres](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580846600-58879-image-3.jpg)
A Thousand Acres
Jane Smiley
This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that …
1991 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Shortlist
![Mating](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580853629-59460-image-3.jpg)
Mating
Norman Rush
![The Gold Bug Variations](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581015233-5097-image-3.jpg)
The Gold Bug Variations
Richard Powers
![Typical American](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580945092-60560-image-3.jpg)
Typical American
Gish Jen
![Wartime Lies](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580845255-58768-image-3.jpg)