The Shipping News

A Novel

When Quoyle's 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 and family members all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As Quoyle confronts his private demons -- and the unpredictable forces of nature and society -- he begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.

A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, "The …

A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, "The Shipping News" shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.

(back cover)

40 editions

Paperback, 337 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2001 by Scribner.

OCLC Number:: 749565323

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Subjects

Modern fiction
Popular American Fiction
Literature - Classics / Criticism
Fiction
Classics
Literary
Movie-TV Tie-In - General
Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In

Reviews

Paweł reviewed Kroniki portowe by Annie Proulx

Ładna historia o odnajdywaniu siebie w rzeczach małych

4.0 stars

Pewnie bez zaskoczenia, ale zaczynałem od obejrzenia filmu. Dopiero wiele lat później zdecydowałem się na przeczytanie książki. Akcenty są rozłożone nieco inaczej, choć tutaj i tak muszę powiedzieć, że filmowa wersja jest bardzo wierna oryginałowi (jak na to, że mówimy o zupełnie różnych mediach). Ogólnie, historia nieco ku pokrzepieniu serc, czasem mocno przerysowania, ale bardzo czytalna.