So Big (P.S.) (Perennial Classics)
Through the life of Selina Peake DeJong, who works the land and supports her family, the novel explores labor, poverty, ambition, and motherhood. At its center are a woman's hard-won independence and the practical weight of the American dream.
Work Information
A story of a woman who chooses dignity in work over wealth.
Through a difficult marriage, widowhood, and hopes for her son, one woman carves out a life from the land. Sharp social observation is anchored by persistence and hope.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Published
- 2010-06-15
- Pages
- 286 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.49 x 1.65 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780061859984
- ISBN-10
- 0061859982
- Price
- 3167 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Anthologies & Literary Collections/General
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.
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 .
Reviews
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Boring Novel
Boring novel, selfishly written.
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Classic
I read this book first years ago We used to go to a yearly festival at the farm written about this book. Now in Lansing called High Prairie in the book. The book is so beautifully and,well written. Nice,to find after a half century that it still has been a joy to read. Her description of the prairie took me back and the descriptions of my hometown Chicago from the turn of the 20th century when Halsted was a wooden log road. Also Ferber is a great story teller. I have been up late reading this book. I think I'll read Showboat next.
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Wonderful description of early conflicts of Chicago.
You are right there and Are able to experience life in the changing city— the challenges, losses and dreams.
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A Pulitzer Prize !
Tout le monde a oublié Edna Ferber et les Prix Pulitzer ne sont pas assez valorisés en France. Il est vrai que ces prix sont donnés à des ouvrages qui ont qqch à dire sur les états unis, leur histoire,les personnes qui l'ont faite... Edna Ferber est à rapprocher de Willa Cather. Elle peint le Midwest avec la touche d'un peintre, ce Midwest qu''elle connaît bien puisqu'elle est elle même de Chicago. Son héroïne Selina Peake est comme Antonia, une femme broyée par la dure vie des pionniers, mais contrairement à Antonia, elle va au bout de ses idées, et qu'elles idées en ce tournant du siècle, dans une société d'hommes!! Edna Ferber et Selina ne sont peut-être qu''une même personne...
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Four Stars
a great story!
Related Literary Awards
- Pulitzer Prize Edition 9 (1925) ・Winner