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The Shipping News : A Novel
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4 out of 5
Based on 134,843 Ratings and 5,834 Reviews

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
PublisherScribner Book Company
BindingPaperback (63 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages352
ISBN-100743225422
ISBN-13978-0743225427
Publication Date12/26/2001
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About Annie Proulx (Author) : Annie Proulx is a published author. Some of the published credits of Annie Proulx include The Shipping News, The Shipping News, Brokeback Mountain.
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