OL32781563M
So Big
Edna Ferber
- Publisher
- Blackstone Public Domain
- Published
- Feb 23, 2021
- ISBN-13
- 9781799927792
- ISBN-10
- 1799927792
- Work ID
- OL2646769W
Description
So Big - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - the unforgettable story of Selina Peake Dejong, her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer, and of her son, Dirk. In So Big, Ferber simultaneously created a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago and dealt with the contemporary issues of poverty, Americanization, family tensions, sexism, and success.
Subjects
Family relationshipsFathers and daughtersFictionGamblersPulitzer Prize Winneraward:pulitzer_prize=1925award:pulitzer_prize=fictionDomestic fictionBildungsromansSocial life and customsFamiliesLarge type booksFiction, coming of ageFathers and daughters, fictionChicago (ill.), fictionFiction, family lifeAmerican literatureFiction, family life, generalFiction, generalComing of ageDutch AmericansDutch American farmersIndependence in womenFeminist fiction