The Shipping News
by Proulx, E. Annie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- , the book shows little wear, clean and neat, it is in fine condition/, the wrapper is unclipped and in fine condition
- Seller
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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
- Keogh's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73486
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- Proulx, E. Annie
- Format/Binding
- , bound in black cloth with gilt titles to the spine Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - , the book shows little wear, clean and neat, it is in fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- , the wrapper is unclipped and in fine condition
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- , London
- Date Published
- , 2009
- Keywords
- Proulx, E. Annie, The Shipping News, a Fourth Estate 25th anniversary Limited Edition with a specially commissioned wrapper by Caragh Thuring,
- Size
- , 22 x 14cm
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