So Big: A Novel - Brossura

Ferber, Edna

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ISBN 10: 0061859982 ISBN 13: 9780061859984

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2010

Riassunto

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.

Hailed as a novel “to read and remember” (New York Times), So Big  is the unforgettable story of the indomitable Selina Peake DeJong and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of a challenging marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood. First published in 1924, So Big is a brilliant literary masterwork from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and admired writers, and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.

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“Edna Ferber could spin a tale.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

“For sheer readability few writers can equal Edna Ferber. She writes so smoothly and brightly, with so much gusto, with so wideawake a style and so clever a selection of detail that she routs all that is common-place and casts out all that is dull.” (New York Times)

“There can be no question that So Big gets close to the life of its chosen bit of American soil, or that it is persuasively human in its touch.” (Springfield Republican)

L'autore:

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was a novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose work served as the inspiration for numerous Broadway plays and Hollywood films, including Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant, Saratoga Trunk, and Ice Palace. She co-wrote the plays The Royal Family, Dinner at Eight, and Stage Door with George S. Kaufman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel So Big.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061859982
• ISBN 13: 9780061859984
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252