Awards
Winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize
Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize,
So Big is widely regarded as Ferber's piece de resistance.
This rollicking panorama of high and low life in the Windy City follows the travails of gambler's daughter Selina Peake DeJong as she struggles to maintain her dignity, her family and her sanity in the face of monumental challenges. Literary Review pronounced it "a masterpiece....It has the completeness, (the) finality, that grips and exalt and convinces"; the New York Times called it "a novel to read and to remember".
Review
"A masterpiece...It has the completeness, [the] finality, that grips and exalts and convinces." Literary Review)
Synopsis
Winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, So Big is widely regarded as Edna Ferber's crowning achievement. A rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life, this stunning novel follows the travails of gambler's daughter Selina Peake DeJong as she struggles to maintain her dignity, her family, and her sanity in the face of monumental challenges.
About the Author
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 in 1925 for her novel So Big.