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So Big in an inventiveWinner 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