Date of Review:

11/03/1991

Published Work:

Reviewer:

Ron Carlson

Source:

The New York Times

Review Excerpt:

[T]his powerful and poignant book doesn't lean against [King] Lear for support. Jane Smiley takes the truths therein and lights them up her way, making the perils of family and property and being a daughter real and personal and new and honest and hurtful all over again.

Link to Full Review:

King Lear in Zebulon County