Shipping News
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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 | Fourth Estate |
Binding | Paperback (63 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 407 |
ISBN-10 | 1841150592 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1841150598 |
Publication Date | 02/04/2002 |
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