The Shipping News
Subtitle: A Novel
Edition: Movie Tie-In Edition; Scribner Paperback Fiction edition (1)
Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780743225403
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Modern fiction; Literary; Fiction - General; Fiction; Classics; Movie-TV Tie-In - General; Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In
Description: 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 Shipping News" shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.

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Notes: US/CAN