Comment

Community comment are the opinions of contributing users. These comment do not represent the opinions of West Vancouver Memorial Library.
Feb 28, 2016lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"One thing was surely true about going to court. It had marvelously divided us from each other and from our old lives. There could be no reconciliation now." Pulitzer-prize winner Jane Smiley relocates "King Lear" to the Iowa farmlands. In this case, it's an aging father dividing up his farm, rather than his kingdom. Unlike Lear, there's little sympathetic about the father, who is far more malicious. Well-written and intense, it can be a somewhat grueling read for the sheer amount of pain the characters inflict on one another. Made into a film with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, and Jason Robards.