Here is an account of a few years in the life of Quoyle, born in Brooklyn and raised in a shuffle of dreary upstate towns.
An edition of The Shipping News
(1993)
The Shipping News
A Novel
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by Annie Proulx
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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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Domestic fiction, Family, Fiction, American literature, Families, National Book Award Winner, Women authors, award:national_book_award=1993, award:national_book_award=fiction, United States, English fiction, Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction., Livres en gros caractères, Large type books, Counselors, Supervision of, Psychotherapy, Education, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, Social Services & Welfare, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Human Services, Supervision, Beratung, Fiction, family life, Newfoundland and labrador, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Journalists, fictionPeople
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The Shipping News
2008, Harper Perennial
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The Shipping News: A Novel
2001, Scribner Paperback Fiction
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Noeuds et dénouement
March 31, 1999, Rivages
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The Shipping News
1994, Simon & Schuster
Paperback
in English
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The Shipping News
1994, Simon & Schuster
Paperback
in English
- 1st Touchstone Edition (8)
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The Shipping News
1993, Fourth Estate
Paperback
in English
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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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