{"product_id":"giant-9780060956707","title":"Giant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A powerful story...truly as big as its subject.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, \u003cem\u003eGiant \u003c\/em\u003eis 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sensational and enthralling saga, Ferber masterfully captures the essence of Texas with all its wealth and excess, cruelty and prejudice, pride and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFerber, Edna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn 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 \u003cem\u003eShow Boat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCimarron\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGiant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSaratoga Trunk\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIce Palace\u003c\/em\u003e. She co-wrote the plays \u003cem\u003eThe Royal Family\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDinner at Eight\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStage Door\u003c\/em\u003e with George S. Kaufman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel \u003cem\u003eSo Big\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725255971090,"sku":"9780060956707","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7338710c-055f-419d-854e-b6e9c14d8cf6.jpg?v=1734822433","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/giant-9780060956707","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}