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A review by midwinteraz
So Big by Edna Ferber
4.0
Reading "classics" always seemed like such a chore in school (and that's speaking as an English major), but now that I can read on my own terms, I'm rediscovering the magic of early 20th century literature. I've always been fascinated by this period of history (turn of the century to about the 1940s). I love Dorothy Parker, so when I read that Edna Ferber was a member of the Algonquin Round Table, I knew I'd find something to love in this book.
It's a simple story, but it captures so many bits of Americana. The immigrant experience. The transition from farms to cities. The children born to a world experiencing rapid advances in technology and the shift to a leisure class. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, and I spent a few years in the midwest, so many of this book's elements resonated with me. Lovely prose, an interesting story, and enough human drama to keep things moving - I'm very glad I finally made the time to read this Pulitzer Prize winner.
It's a simple story, but it captures so many bits of Americana. The immigrant experience. The transition from farms to cities. The children born to a world experiencing rapid advances in technology and the shift to a leisure class. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, and I spent a few years in the midwest, so many of this book's elements resonated with me. Lovely prose, an interesting story, and enough human drama to keep things moving - I'm very glad I finally made the time to read this Pulitzer Prize winner.