9780060956707-0060956704-Giant: A Novel (Perennial Classics)

Giant: A Novel (Perennial Classics)

ISBN-13: 9780060956707
ISBN-10: 0060956704
Edition: Reprint
Author: Edna Ferber
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Format: Paperback 432 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780060956707
ISBN-10: 0060956704
Edition: Reprint
Author: Edna Ferber
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Format: Paperback 432 pages

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Giant: A Novel (Perennial Classics) (ISBN-13: 9780060956707 and ISBN-10: 0060956704), written by authors Edna Ferber, was published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Giant: A Novel (Perennial Classics) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.38.

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The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century.

When larger-than-life cattle rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict arrives at the family home of sharp-witted but genteel Virginia socialite Leslie Lynnton to purchase a racehorse, the two are instantly drawn to each other. But for Leslie, falling in love with a Texan was a lot simpler than falling in love with Texas. Upon their arrival at Bick's ranch, Leslie is confronted not only with the oppressive heat and vastness of Texas but also by the disturbing inequity between runaway riches and the poverty and racism suffered by the Mexican workers on the ranch. Leslie and Bick's loving union endures against all odds, but a reckoning is coming and a price will have to be paid.

A sensational and enthralling saga, Ferber masterfully captures the essence of Texas with all its wealth and excess, cruelty and prejudice, pride and violence.

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