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This darkly comic, wonderfully inventive work, winner of the 1993 National Book Award, transforms the lore of Newfoundland--including shipwrecks, nautical knot-tying, horrid weather and family legend--into brilliant literary art. It is the story of the rebirth of Quoyle, a hulking, inarticulate, misery-ridden widower who flees upstate New York to take up residence in Newfoundland. The island of his forebears, Newfoundland is a dreary rock in the north Atlantic beset by lousy weather. Proulx lovingly recreates this hardscrabble location in her vivid, distinctive prose and populates it with a cast of amusing, richly human characters. Quoyle, a "third-rate newspaperman," makes a hit with his "Shipping News" column, while his anguish at the loss of his faithless wife is slowly transformed by the strengthening ties that bind him to the place and to his fellow Newfoundlanders.
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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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Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Winner of the 1993 National Book Award for Fiction
Winner of the Irish Times International Fiction Prize
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0007308817
- ISBN 13 9780007308811
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages366
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The Shipping News
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Fourth Estate/HarperCollins, London
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Book Description Hardcover. 1579/2000. Octavo; VG/VG-; beige, orange and blue pictorial spine without text; first limited edition by Fourth Estate; this is no. 1579 of 2000; dust jacket exterior shows light shelf wear; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; textblock exterior edges have mild tone; tiny chip to front hinge; interior clean; ribbon marker; few illustrations; pp 366. 1348170. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1348170
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The Shipping News (Fourth Estate 25th Anniversary Edition)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Fourth Estate 25th Anniversary Edition, London, 2009. "This is one of 2000 numbered & limited editions, published to celebrate 25 years of Fourth Estate." This copy is still in the publisher's shrink wrap so the limitation number is unknown. The shrink wrap has a few tears but has protected the book and jacket which are in Fine condition. The cover design is by Caragh Thuring. The jacket folds out into a limited edition print. A beautiful special edition of this classic novel. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from a Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 3032 P202
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The Shipping News
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Issued originally as an unsigned limited edition, this copy has been SIGNED. Five artists were commissioned to produce five classic Fourth Estate books. They were released as numbered, collectable editions to mark this publisher's 25th anniversary. Limited to 2000 copies this is number 571. All the jackets open out to form a large limited edition print. The jacket of this superb book, one of the greatest published by this imprint, was designed by Caragh Thuring, a painter whose work hovers between abstraction and realism. This copy has been SIGNED by Annie Proulx on the title page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-4209062334
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