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
337 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1993 by FourthEstate.
The shipping news
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1994 by Collier Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 28854468
Schiffsmeldungen
392 pages
German language
Published Jan. 5, 1997 by Fischer Taschenbuch.
Noeuds et dénouement
Mass Market Paperback, 482 pages
Published March 31, 1999 by Rivages.
Shipping News
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2001 by Fourth Estate.
Atando Cabos
Paperback, 150 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 5, 2002 by Tusquets.
Hai jiao jia yüan =
394 pages
Chinese language
Published Jan. 5, 1998 by Mai tian chu ban gu fen yu xian gong si.
Kronika portowa
Polish language
Published Jan. 5, 1996 by Dom Wydawniczy Rebis.
Chun xun
Chinese language
Published Jan. 5, 1998 by Zuo Jia.
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