Shipping News: A Novel
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Book Description
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 hi... More
Book Information
Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
Binding | Hardcover (63 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 352 |
ISBN-10 | 068485791X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0684857916 |
Publication Date | 05/10/1999 |
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