num_pages: 352
description: E. Annie Proulx focuses on a Newfoundland fishing town in a tale about a third-rate newspaperman and the women in his life -- his elderly aunt and two young daughters -- who decide to resettle in their ancestral seaside home. The transformation each of the character undergoes following move is profound. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News enlightens readers to the powers of E. Annie Proulx's storytelling genius and her expert evocation of time and place. She is truly one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
language: English
title: The Shipping News
titlecomplete: The Shipping News
characters: Bunny, Petal Bear, Agnis Hamm, Dennis Buggit, Billy Pretty, Beety Buggit, Tert Card, B. Beaufield Nutbeem, Wavey Prowse, Jack Buggit, Sunshine, Quoyle
genres: Fiction, American, Canada, Literature, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 143723
places: Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Irish Times International Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Bt Bound