Shipping News the - Softcover

Proulx, Annie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743225406 ISBN 13: 9780743225403

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2002

Synopsis

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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Review:

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.

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: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743225406
• ISBN 13: 9780743225403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368