The Shipping News (Original broadside excerpt from the 1993 novel, signed by the author)
by E. Annie Proulx
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About This Item
The novel was originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993, winning the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and serving as the basis for a 2001 film directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, and Julianne Moore.
6.5 x 11.5 inches. Fine.
Synopsis
Edna Annie Proulx is an American journalist and author. Her second novel, The Shipping News , won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for fiction in 1994. The novel centers on Quoyle, a third-rate hack journalist who lives and works in upstate New York. His parents’ commit suicide and his adulterous, abusive wife sells their daughters to a black market adoption agency. When his wife dies in a car accident, his aunt persuades him to retreat to their ancestral home in Newfoundland for a new beginning. There, Quoyle grows in fortitude and emotional strength while learning disturbing secrets about his family’s past. Proulx’s writing is original and startling, a darkly humorous portrait of the unpredictability of human nature.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 154811
- Title
- The Shipping News (Original broadside excerpt from the 1993 novel, signed by the author)
- Author
- E. Annie Proulx
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Okeanos Press / Black Oak Books
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Broadsides | Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Broadsides;
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