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 the move is profound. Coming to theaters Christmas 2001 as a major motion picture from Miramax Films, starring Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore and Dame Judi Dench. Abridged.
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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 the move is profound. Coming to theaters Christmas 2001 as a major motion picture from Miramax Films, starring Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore and Dame Judi Dench. Abridged.
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Add this copy of The Shipping News [Abridged]. to cart. $1.99, very good condition, Sold by Cuyahoga Valley Book Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Peninsula, OH, UNITED STATES, published by Audioworks.
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Very Good. All 4 tapes play great! Moderate wear & light bends to cardboard case, sticker on back. Amazon: In this touching and atmospheric novel set among the fishermen of Newfoundland, Proulx tells the story of Quoyle. From all outward appearances, Quoyle has gone through his first 36 years on earth as a big schlump of a loser. He's not attractive, he's not brilliant or witty or talented, and he's not the kind of person who typically assumes the central position in a novel. But Proulx creates a simple and compelling tale of Quoyle's psychological and spiritual growth. Along the way, we get to look in on the maritime beauty of what is probably a disappearing way of life. From Publishers Weekly: Proulx has followed Postcards, her story of a family and their farm, with an extraordinary second novel of another family and the sea. The fulcrum is Quoyle, a patient, self-deprecating, oversized hack writer who, following the deaths of nasty parents and a succubus of a wife, moves with his two daughters and straight-thinking aunt back to the ancestral manse in Killick-Claw, a Newfoundland harbor town of no great distinction. There, Quoyle finds a job writing about car crashes and the shipping news for The Gammy Bird, a local paper kept afloat largely by reports of sexual abuse cases and comical typographical errors. Killick-Claw may not be perfect, but it is a stable enough community for Quoyle and Co. to recover from the terrors of their past lives. But the novel is much more than Quoyle's story: it is a moving evocation of a place and people buffeted by nature and change. Proulx routinely does without nouns and conjunctions--""Quoyle, grinning. Expected to hear they were having a kid. Already picked himself for godfather""--but her terse prose seems perfectly at home on the rocky Newfoundland coast. She is in her element both when creating haunting images (such as Quoyle's inbred, mad and mean forbears pulling their house across the ice after being ostracized by more God-fearing folk) and when lyrically rendering a routine of gray, cold days filled with cold cheeks, squidburgers, fried bologna and the sea. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Add this copy of The Shipping News to cart. $4.79, good condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Simon & Schuster Audio.
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Good. 4 AUDIO CASSETTES IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED BOX. Some shelf wear to the case. We will test each cassette, prior to shipping, for a reliable sound. You will receive a good set. ENJOY THIS AUDIO CASSETTE PERFORMANCE for your home and library.
This is a darkly comic book....I used to get it from the library to listen to every year - now I've bought my own !
I listened to it about a week ago and I find it absolutely hilarous every time - I have to stop my work at the bench ( I'm a jeweller) as I am laughing so hard tears pour down my face - I LOVE it ! Paul Hecht is the most wonderful actor - he brings all these fantastic characters to life - this audio book is definitely worth buying !
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