- Editorial:
- RANDOM USA
- Año de edición:
- 2014
- Materia:
- Literatura clásica en inglés
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-80573-7
- Páginas:
- 299
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa blanda
* SHOW BOAT
EDNA FERBER / FOSTER HIRSCH
The classic tale behind MGMs blockbuster movie directed by George Sidney, starring Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, and Kathryn Grayson.
Bringing to life the adventurous world of Mississippi show boats, the grittiness of turn-of-the-century Chicago, and the majesty of 1920s Broadway, Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferbers Show Boat is a classic. Magnolia Hawks spends her childhood aboard the Cotton Blossom, growing up amid simmering racial tension and struggling to survive life on the Mississippi. When she falls in love with the dashing Gaylord Ravenal and moves with him to Chicago, the joy of giving birth to their beautiful daughter, Kim, is offset by Gaylords gambling addiction and distrustful ways. Only when Kim sets off on her own to pursue success on the New York stage does Magnolia return to the Cotton Blossom, reflecting on her own life and all who once called the show boat their home.
