New York: Scribner, 1993. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 337 pages, turquoise cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Scribner, (1993). First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize. Autographed by the author on the title page. The dust wrapper spine is not faded, as is usually the case.<br/> <br/>

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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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Bookseller: Argosy Book Store (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 300070
Title: The Shipping News
Author: PROULX, E. Annie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - fine
Jacket Condition: fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First
ISBN 10: 068419337X
ISBN 13: 9780684193373
Publisher: Scribner
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993

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