内容简介
ThissweepingtalecapturestheessenceofTexasonastaggeringscaleasitchroniclesthelifeandtimesofcattlemanJordan"Bick"Benedict,hisnaiveyoungsocietywife,Leslie,andthreegenerationsofland-richsons.Asensationalstoryofpower,love,cattlebarons,andoiltycoons,GiantwasthebasisoftheclassicfilmstarringJamesDean,ElizabethTaylor,andRockHudson.
作者简介
BorninKalamazoo,Michigan,EdnaFerber(1885-1968)wasanovelist,short-storywriter,andplaywrightwhoseworkservedastheinspirationfornumerousBroadwayplaysandHollywoodfilms,includingShowBoat,Cimarron,Giant,SaratogaTrunk,andIcePalace.Sheco-wrotetheplaysTheRoyalFamily,DinneratEight,andStageDoorwithGeorgeS.KaufmanandwasawardedthePulitzerPrizein1925forhernovelSoBig.