The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 068419337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684193373
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Springdale, Arkansas, 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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- Once Upon a Time Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- mon0000600177
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- E. Annie Proulx
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 068419337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684193373
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993-03-02
- Size
- 0.8000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 i
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- Book;
- X weight
- 1.0000 lb
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