THE SHIPPING NEWS: ADVANCE EXCERPT. (NOT THE COMPLETE BOOK)
by Proulx, E. Annie
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- first
- Condition
- Fine
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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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- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23359
- Title
- THE SHIPPING NEWS: ADVANCE EXCERPT. (NOT THE COMPLETE BOOK)
- Author
- Proulx, E. Annie
- Format/Binding
- Printer Wrapper
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- SCRIBNERS.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction/e. Annie Proulx/advance Excerpts/national Book Award , Winners/pulitzer Prize Winners/books Into Films/216
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