The Shipping News - Softcover

Proulx, Annie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671510053 ISBN 13: 9780671510053

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1994

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Stephen Jones Chicago Tribune The Shipping News is that rare creation, a lyric page-turner.

Bruce Allen USA Today The writing is charged with sardonic wit -- alive, funny, a little threatening; packed with brilliantly original images...and, now and then, a sentence that simply takes your breath away.

Roz Spafford San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle Annie Proulx's stunning, big-hearted The Shipping News thaws the frozen lives of its characters and warms readers.

From the Publisher:

Limited edition (1 of 2000) cover design by Caragh Thuring.

Caragh Thuring was born in 1972 and lives and works in London. Her oil paintings have been exhibited at many galleries including the Saatchi Gallery in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0671510053
• ISBN 13: 9780671510053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368