The Shipping News
by Proulx, Annie E
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- Seller
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Bridgeville, California, United States
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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
- A Gyenis (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3629
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- Proulx, Annie E
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+/Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Schribner's
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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