So Big: A Novel - Softcover

Ferber, Edna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006256756X ISBN 13: 9780062567567

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2016

Synopsis

Edna Ferber s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life at the turn of the twentieth century now available in a limited Olive Edition.

A masterpiece. . . . It has the completeness, [the] finality that grips and exalts and convinces. Literary Review

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago. It is the unforgettable story of Selina Peake DeJong, a gambler's daughter, and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity and her sanity in the face of marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood.

A brilliant literary masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, the remarkable So Big still resonates with its unflinching view of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.

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Review:

"Edna Ferber could spin a tale."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Recommended reading for our times."--Washington Post "A masterpiece. . . . It has the completeness, [the] finality, that grips and exalts and convinces."--Literary Review "A thoughtful book, clean and strong, dramatic at times, interesting always, clear-sighted, sympathetic, a novel to read and remember."--New York Times

From the Back Cover:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago. It is the unforgettable story of Selina Peake DeJong, a gambler's daughter, and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity and her sanity in the face of marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood. A brilliant literary masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, the remarkable So Big still resonates with its unflinching view of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 006256756X
• ISBN 13: 9780062567567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336