The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 068419337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684193373
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, 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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- Bookseller
- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F11B-02236
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- E. Annie Proulx
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 068419337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684193373
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1993
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RETURNS are cheerfully accepted up to 30 days. We ship out within 1-2 business days and U.S. Standard Shipments usually arrive within 6-9 business days, Priority 3-6.
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