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The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068485791X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684857916
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, UK, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 337 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, UK, 1999. Reprint. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Remainder mark on page edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers - the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundland. With 'the aunt' and his delinquent daughters - Bunny and Sunshine - in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama. 'The Shipping News' is an irresistible comedy of human life and possibility. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Literature & Literary. ISBN/EAN: 9780684857916. Inventory No: 24020053.. 9780684857916
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
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24020053
- Title
- The Shipping News
- Author
- E. Annie Proulx
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 068485791X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684857916
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Shipping News
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Fiction; Literature & Literary;
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