by Annie Proulx · Simon & Schuster · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781857022421
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«The Shipping News» is the novel by Annie Proulx, published by Simon & Schuster in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Quoyle, a New York journalist, moves with his aunt and daughters to a town in Newfoundland after his wife's accident. There he starts working at a local newspaper and, amid storms and peculiar characters, tries to rebuild his life. The novel portrays with humor and sensitivity life in a coastal community, family, and resilience.
The work, originally published in 1993, received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award.
For readers of literary fiction and stories set in rural and maritime 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.
