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The Shipping News / E. Annie Proulx

By:

Proulx, E. Annie

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Scribner , c1993Edition: 1st editionDescription: 337 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

068485791X

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction

DDC classification:

FIC PRO

Awards:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award

Summary: 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,

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC PRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		052565

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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,

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award

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