1991 National Book Critics Circle Award – Fiction Winner
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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
Norman Rush
The Gold Bug Variations
Richard Powers
Typical American
Gish Jen
