At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in …
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At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons--and the unpredictable forces of nature and society--and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.
A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
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The Shipping News
Paperback, 337 pages
Published Jan. 5, 1994 by Fourth Estate.
- OCLC Number:
- 441243083
The Shipping News
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2002 by Fourth Estate.
- OCLC Number:
- 920309552
Schiffsmeldungen / The Shipping News
Paperback, 392 pages
German language
Published Feb. 5, 2002 by Distribooks.
Schiffsmeldungen.
Paperback, 392 pages
German language
Published May 1, 2003 by Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt.
Atando Cabos (Fabula (Tusquets Editores)) (Fabula (Tusquets Editores))
Paperback, 345 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 1, 2002 by Tusquets Editor.
The Shipping News
English language
Published April 20, 2008
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The shipping news
337 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1994 by The Book People.
The shipping news
355 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1994 by Harper Perennial.
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