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The Shipping News
by PROULX, E. Annie
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- fine
- hardcover
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- First
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine wraparound band. Signed by the author. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and basis for the 2001 Lasse Hallström film of the same name starring Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, and Cate Blanchett.
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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- book dealer
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 430499
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- PROULX, E. Annie
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- BooksIntoFilm, NBAFiction, PulitzerFiction
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