Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
""A masterpiece."" — Literary Review • ""A novel to read and to remember."" —New York Times
Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber—who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace, Saratoga Trunk, and Cimarron—So Big is a powerful and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature, and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.
Set in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century, So Big tells the story of Selina Peake, orphaned at nineteen after her father is shot and killed in a gambling house. Alone and resolved to make something of her life, Selina gets a job as a schoolteacher in a farming community outside Chicago and falls in love with a kind but struggling farmer. She soon leaves the schoolhouse for long grueling days in the fields and gives birth to a son, Dirk, nicknamed “So Big.” When she finds herself unexpectedly widowed, she takes the reins of the farm, defying convention and all those around her, determined to give Dirk every opportunity to follow his dreams.
So Big is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (O Pioneers!), Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth), and Marjorie Rawlings (The Yearling).
© 2019 Caedmon (Ljudbok): 9780062884848
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 23 april 2019
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
""A masterpiece."" — Literary Review • ""A novel to read and to remember."" —New York Times
Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber—who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace, Saratoga Trunk, and Cimarron—So Big is a powerful and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature, and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success.
Set in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century, So Big tells the story of Selina Peake, orphaned at nineteen after her father is shot and killed in a gambling house. Alone and resolved to make something of her life, Selina gets a job as a schoolteacher in a farming community outside Chicago and falls in love with a kind but struggling farmer. She soon leaves the schoolhouse for long grueling days in the fields and gives birth to a son, Dirk, nicknamed “So Big.” When she finds herself unexpectedly widowed, she takes the reins of the farm, defying convention and all those around her, determined to give Dirk every opportunity to follow his dreams.
So Big is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (O Pioneers!), Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth), and Marjorie Rawlings (The Yearling).
© 2019 Caedmon (Ljudbok): 9780062884848
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 23 april 2019
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Josefine
24 okt. 2022
3,5 ⭐️ Titeln på boken syftar på sonen, som får den klassiska frågan som bebis ”hur stor är du?” och alltså svarar med ”så stor”, vilket leder till att han sen kallas detta under uppväxten. Men bokens verkliga huvudperson (åtminstone 80% av boken) och den som absolut är mest intressant är sonens mamma Selina och hennes liv.Jag får lite Anne på Grönkulla-vibbar i början av boken, men det kanske beror på att de utspelar sig ungefär samma tid och att jag nog inte läst så mycket annat som utspelar sig då (~ 1880).Det var en trevlig berättelse att få ta del av. Jag blev inte golvad men inte heller uttråkad även om det fanns vissa mer långsamma delar. Min känsla är att den både hade kunnat få vara kortare och längre, kanske att vissa delberättelser hade kunnat få ta mer plats medan andra hade kunnat skippas eller förkortas, eller kanske delats upp på flera böcker. Men den lämnade efter sig en behaglig känsla om än på ett lite oklart vis.(#100böcker100år bok 2 1924)
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