by Annie Proulx · Scribner · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780743225403
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«The Shipping News» is the novel by Annie Proulx, published by Scribner in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Quoyle, a man without direction, sees his life upended when his unfaithful wife disappears. With his daughters, he settles into the family home on the coast of Newfoundland, where he tries to rebuild himself among locals and relatives. With dark humor and magical touches, the novel portrays a contemporary North American family and the possibility of love without pain.
Novel winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1994 and the National Book Award in 1993. The work was originally published in 1993; this paperback edition is from 2002.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in coastal communities.
Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E. A. Proulx.
