The Shipping News : An Excerpt
by Proulx, E. Annie
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Pictorial wrappers. Fine small fold at bottom of upper cover
- Seller
-
HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Edna Annie Proulx is an American journalist and author. Her second novel, The Shipping News , won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for fiction in 1994. The novel centers on Quoyle, a third-rate hack journalist who lives and works in upstate New York. His parents’ commit suicide and his adulterous, abusive wife sells their daughters to a black market adoption agency. When his wife dies in a car accident, his aunt persuades him to retreat to their ancestral home in Newfoundland for a new beginning. There, Quoyle grows in fortitude and emotional strength while learning disturbing secrets about his family’s past. Proulx’s writing is original and startling, a darkly humorous portrait of the unpredictability of human nature.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307072
- Title
- The Shipping News : An Excerpt
- Author
- Proulx, E. Annie
- Format/Binding
- 45 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Pictorial wrappers. Fine small fold at bottom of upper cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- American
Terms of Sale
The Old Mill Bookshop
About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: