Now published as the perfect gift, E. Annie Proulx's highly acclaimed, international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers - the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundland. With 'the aunt' and his delinquent daughters - Bunny and Sunshine - in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama. ...
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Now published as the perfect gift, E. Annie Proulx's highly acclaimed, international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers - the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundland. With 'the aunt' and his delinquent daughters - Bunny and Sunshine - in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama. 'The Shipping News' is an irresistible comedy of human life and possibility. 'To read "The Shipping News" is to yearn to be sitting in The Flying Squid Lunchstop, eating seal fin curry, watching the icebergs clink together in the bay.' The Times
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Add this copy of The Shipping News to cart. $10.21, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Fourth Estate.
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Add this copy of The Shipping News to cart. $10.21, very good condition, Sold by HPB Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Fourth Estate.
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Add this copy of The Shipping News to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by MLC Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Northfield, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Fourth Estate.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. A Fourth Estate Classic. Spien head gently rolled with corresponding crimp to the mylar covered jacket. 1" damp stain to the upper rear flap. Size: 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall.
Add this copy of The Shipping News to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Fourth Estate.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Add this copy of The Shipping News [Signed] to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Fourth Estate Limited.
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Book. 12mo, 337 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Tan pictorial spine with white titling in a blue band. Dust jacket with light bumping and wear to top of jacket spine and top edges of jacket; more minor wear to lower edge of jacket and tail of jacket spine. Small closed tear to upper fore edge corner of jacket. Head and tail of binding spine and corners of boards with light plus bumping. Text block with light plus age toning. Signed flat by Proulx on title page. Shelved in Room C. 1392590. Special Collections.
E. Annie Proulx is an excellent writer, but for me, I liked the film version better.
JeffwithaJ
Jul 3, 2008
A modern classic, by a peerless storyteller
Annie Proulx is more than just a great short-story writer: She's one of the best authors alive today. Whether you read her short-fiction collections (like "Close Range: Wyoming Stories," which includes the story "Brokeback Mountain") or her novels (like "Accordion Crimes"), you're in for a remarkable experience.
And "The Shipping News" is absolutely remarkable indeed. My experience with this book was much different than that of fellow reviewer "emmagrace," so I respectfully disagree and offer up my opinion.
To me, "The Shipping News" is one of the most innovative and groundbreaking books of the last 25 years. Proulx utilizes a writing style in this book that is unique and brilliant--short, incomplete sentences pairing unexpected word combinations, as well as her now-trademark penchant for the sparse, the desperate, and the unexpected. It's not always an easy read. But the challenge pays off via the story she tells. Even the greatest literature could be reduced to a "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide together" type synopsis utilized by "emmagrace" in her review. For me, however, I loved Proulx's story and her characters--the odd, quirky, totally original protagonist Quoyle being a personal favorite from among all the books I've read. Besides, the biggest plot-line payoff is on the last pages of the book, so if you don't finish the novel you definitely miss the point of the entire journey.
"The Shipping News" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and The National Book Award, among other prestigious awards. It deserved these honors, my five stars in this review, and your attention, if you're looking for an engaging story, original characters, and an author at the top of her game.
emmagrace
Mar 16, 2007
ugh
Annie Proulx is an excellent short story writer, and this book is no exception. The story is about a loser who moves to Nova Scotia with his kid after a divorce. He has self-esteem issues, and nobody loves him. He takes a job at the local newspaper reporting on the shipping news. He meets a crusty old lady to whom he is distantly related. He starts dating another woman who is a much better person than his trashy ex-wife. And that's pretty much all I could take of this book. I couldn't make myself finish it because it was *so* *utterly* *boring*.
I was truly disappointed because I have read many of Annie Proulx's short stories, and I have greatly enjoyed them. I never thought I'd dislike anything by her this much.
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