The Shipping News
Proulx, E. Annie
The Shipping News / E. Annie Proulx - 1st edition - New York : Scribner , c1993 - 337 p. ; 25 cm
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,
English
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award
068485791X
Family life----Fiction
Newfoundland and Labrador----Fiction
Domestic fiction
FIC PRO
The Shipping News / E. Annie Proulx - 1st edition - New York : Scribner , c1993 - 337 p. ; 25 cm
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,
English
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award
068485791X
Family life----Fiction
Newfoundland and Labrador----Fiction
Domestic fiction
FIC PRO
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