num_pages: 397
description: When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just desserts, 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 Shipping News shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as 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: 143724
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: Fourth Estate