The Shipping News
by E.Annie Proulx
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Flemington, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010593
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- E.Annie Proulx
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- E.Annie Proulx
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB
About Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB
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- Fine
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